The Destruction of Sennacherib is a short narrative poem retelling a Biblical story from the Old Testament (2 Kings, chapter 19) in which God destroys King Sennacherib’s Assyrian army as they ...

The Destruction of Sennacherib is a short narrative poem retelling a Biblical story from the Old Testament (2 Kings, chapter 19) in which God destroys King Sennacherib’s Assyrian army as they ...

The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on ...

Although the king did not capture the city, Sennacherib's Annals detail how he returned to Assyria after receiving tribute ...

A wall sculpture dating back 3000 years to King Sennacherib, King of Assyria (705-681 BCE) has been vandalised for the second time in a few years by vandals using painted Islamic slogans.

By R.A. Mathews At 7:24 a.m. last Sunday, my BBF, Best Beloved Friend, who lives far from me in a mountainous region of the ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.

Sargon II's son and successor, Sennacherib, then moved the capital to the city of Nineveh, and Khorsabad was abandoned and forgotten for over two millennia. Related: Ancient carvings of Assyrian ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall stretches for 12 kilometres within the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul.