Ryan MoorhenJan 8, 20191 minAssyriansThe Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III In December 1846, while working with his excavation team at Nimrud(ancient Kalhu or biblical Calah), located in northern Mesopotamia in...
Ryan MoorhenJan 8, 20193 minAssyriansStela of Shamshi-Adad V Shamshi-Adad V commissioned a stela that was excavated in Kalhu, which is remarkable for its record of the succession crisis that...
Ryan MoorhenJan 8, 20191 minAssyriansAshurnasirpal I,, king of Assyria 1050–32 BC,Ashurnasirpal I, (flourished 11th century BC), king of Assyria 1050–32 BC, when it was at a low ebb in power and prosperity caused by...
Ryan MoorhenJan 5, 20192 minAssyriansNineveh City of AssyriaThe city of Nineveh is first mentioned in Genesis 10. Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter...