The Assyrians once ruled a region that stretched from Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) through Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and ...

Military camps used by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, whose exploits of laying siege to Lachish and Jerusalem are detailed in ...

This aspect of the Neo- Assyrian empire is often overshadowed by scholars' baffling preoccupation with the Assyrian military machine and its so-called "barbaric behavior". The Assyrians never ...

The military parade was viewed online. Our contributor from Moscow, Dr. Roland Bitzhamov spoke about the history of this occasion and explained the role of the Assyrians in that war. Mr. Bitzhamov ...

It was a big mistake. Sennacherib mobilised the Assyrian imperial army, fought a brilliant campaign, seized the city of Lachish, killed its defenders and deported its inhabitants. And the ...

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The Destruction of Sennacherib is a short narrative poem retelling a Biblical story from the Old Testament (2 Kings, chapter 19) in which God destroys King Sennacherib’s Assyrian army as they ...