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Tiglath Pilese referred to himself as unrivalled king of the universe, king of the four quarters..
Look at this bas-relief found at a palace in Nimrud… …it depicts the humiliation of one man by another. Some sources identify the...

Ryan Moorhen
Feb 26, 201812 min read


Part III: Ashurbanipal!
Ashurbanipal, portrayed as a priest. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Assurbanipal_als_hogepriester.jpg) He looks the most...

Ryan Moorhen
Mar 21, 20128 min read
“The Mesopotamians”
Since I try to keep things fun around here, even though it doesn’t seem like it at first glance (I wrote about asphalt!), I thought I’d...

Ryan Moorhen
Feb 14, 20121 min read
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