Lachish reliefs

c. 700 BC · Assyria

Carvings from Sennacherib’s palace at Nineveh telling the siege of Lachish step by step: siege engines, walls and captives.

Date

c. 700 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nineveh

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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