Assyrian

Assyrian City by the river, artist rendering
Assyria: Power and Propaganda

Getty museum Director Dr. Timothy Potts explores how ancient Assyrian kings used monumental palace friezes to intimidate visitors and mythologize themselves, a legacy of political propaganda that…

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'Designed to Impress and Overwhelm': A 3,000-year-old Assyrian Relief
International Head of Antiquities G. Max Bernheimer marvels at this powerful stone relief retrieved from Nimrud in modern-day Iraq in the mid-19th century. Standing more than 7 ft. high, this proud…