4. Human headed winged lion
Ashurnasirpal II
865 – 860 BC

5. Sargon Vase
Sargon II
720 – 710 BC

6. Cylinder seal and clay impression

7. From the library of Ashurbanipal
Gilgamesh tablet 11
From the library of Ashurbanipal

8. Wall-panel relief
Sennacherib
700 – 692 BC

9. From Nineveh and Its Remains by Austen Henry Layard, 1849.

18. The Secrets of Nimrud

20. Queen’s crown

22. Nineveh and Its Remains,
“It is indeed one of the most remarkable facts in history, that the records of an empire, so renowned for its power and civilization, should have been entirely lost; and that the site of a city as eminent for its extent as its splendor, should for ages have been a matter of doubt; it is not perhaps less curious that an accidental discovery should suddenly lead us to hope that these records may be recovered, and this site satisfactorily identified.”
Nineveh and Its Remains,
Austen Henry Layard, 1849.