Introducing the Assyrians

...half of the nineteenth century, which led to a brief phase of ‘Assyrian revival’. The Assyrian sculptures at the British Museum largely remain today where they were first installed over...

Chicago Assyrian Dictionary’s Final Chapter

http://research.uchicago.edu/highlights/resources/media/roth_512k.mov The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary is coming to completion (if that’s possible for a dictionary of this scope!) after 80 years of hard work: Martha Roth, Ph.D., Professor of Assyriology,...

Ashurnasirpal

...of the original (including pictures) from the British Museum site (the original is in London now): A rare example of an Assyrian statue in the round Neo-Assyrian, 883-859 BC From...

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...I also authored Has Claims Upon New England on Assyrian archaeology and 19th Century Missionaries from Yale University Press. Related to that work, I’ve taught Religious Studies courses at the...

Finishing Paper on Deuteronomistic History

...priesthood. The Assyrian empire invaded Judah shortly after Hezekiah died, and gained suzerainty. Subsequent kings of Judah, owing allegiance to the Assyrians, restored the places and objects of worship outside...