Assyrian siege.jpg
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English: Assyrian troops attacking a besieged city, most likely in Mesopotamia, using a battering ram on a siege ramp. Enemy archers are returning fire. Headless corpses lie at the foot of the city walls. From the Central Palace in Nimrud and now in the British Museum, London. Circa 728 BC. |
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| Date | 14 September 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | ChrisO (Own work) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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