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Jehu on Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
859 BCE–824 BCE
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Slingers attacking Lachish, 701 BCE, from Assyrian relief in the Nineveh palace of Sennacherib (reigned 705–681 BCE). Members of the Assyrian army are depicted with slingstones piled at their feet…
The cemetery in the village of Silwan, on the hill east of the City of David, included some aboveground tombs, cut out from the cliffs on three or four sides so that they look like buildings. These…
As you die there in agony, brother,
Don’t be calling your comrades in vain.
Let me warm my hands on your body,
Make good use of the blood from your veins.
Stop crying, stop groaning, don’t be a…