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treasures-and-beauty:Iran, Achaemenid ornamental Lapis lazuli plate, ca 500-400 BC.

Assyrian costumes from the “History of the feminine Costume of the world”

historyarchaeologyartefacts:Statuette of the demon Pazuzu, Mesopotamia, 8th/7th BCE[970x1256]SWITCH

Terracotta relief of a harpist, early 2nd millennium B.C., from Eshnunna., Sumer

Achaemenid gold griffin headed armlet from the Oxus treasure found in Takht-i-Kuwad, Tajikistan c. 4

What the Sumerian word “Anunnaki” means according to the “scholars” on Ancie

dwellerinthelibrary:At the Met, an ivory plaque from the city of Nimrud. It’s Assyrian (specifically

is it me or do ancient iranian gazelles look like lawn chairs

Weight in the shape of a frog, 2000-1600 BC. Diorite or andesite. Babylonian, Mesopotamia. Via The M

The Rent is Due…Ancient Babylonian bill for rent written in cuneiform.  Dated to 542 BC, curr

Sumerian wall plaque showing libation scenes (Ur, c. 2500 BC).The upper register of this plaque show

akreon:Lamassu, assyrian protective deity. #sketch #lamassu #mesopotamia #deity #mythology #sketchbo

Ruins of the ziggurat at the ancient Sumerian city of Kish.This ziggurat was probably built by Nebuc

Façade of the Temple of Inanna at Uruk (c. 1413 BC).The cuneiform inscriptions on the bricks show th

Ancient Assyrian ivory box panel depicting a griffin and sacred tree.  Artist unknown; ca. 800 BCE. 

Mesopotamian Statuette of a Leopard, Near Eastern, Proto-sumerian, ca. 3000 B.C.E., Rock Crystal.

Colossal statue of Gilgamesh, original in Khorsabad, late 8th c. BCE © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,

The first dictionary,Around 2,300 BC a group of Semitic people called the Akkadians invaded and conq

Dara or Daras (Greek: Δάρας, Syriac: ܕܪܐ‎) was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mes

Achaemenid bust of a woman, Elamite period, 14th-12th-century B.C.

Lancers, detail from the archers’ frieze in Darius’ palace at Susa, c. 510 BC

Gold Achaemenid bracelet, Ancient Persia

Winged sphinx from Darius’ palace at Susa, c.  510 BC

Achaemenid golden bracelets with lions’ heads and lapis lazuli on the outer rim. Found on the

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