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The Assyrian Palace at Nimrud: Empire in Stone

Lecture no. 6 from the course: The Architecture of Power: Great Palaces of the Ancient World

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Taught by Professor Steven L. Tuck | 33 min | Categories: History

The Assyrian palace at Nimrud, with its imposing 20-foot gates, was designed by Ashurnasirpal II. An epic braggart, he loved to write of his conquests of nature and his knowledge of tree species. Clearly an intellectual, he describes in detail the glory of feasts he threw—and the math behind them.
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