[Photo provided by The Trustees of British Museum] In the royal palaces of Assyrian kings, art served one ultimate ... and Tyre operated largely as the empire's vassals, paying regular tributes ...

The relief slabs that decorated the palaces of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which emphasized military conquest and royal prowess ... There is much in this book that ancient and art historians will find of ...

The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved the capital to Dur-Sharukin ... The items displayed Syrian and Phoenician iconography in addition to ...

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...