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The Nimrud Ivories are a vast collection of figures, panels, and plaques, carved from ivory, dated to the 9th to 7th centuries BCE, discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Nimrud. #History #PhoenicianArt #Nineveh #Kalhu #Dur-Sharrukin #Assyria #AshurnasirpalII #Ashur #Ivory #Nimrud #NimrudIvories #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-784-en/

Ninurta (identified with Ningirsu, Pabilsag, and the biblical Nimrod) is the Sumerian and Akkadian hero-god of war, hunting, and the south wind. #History #Ninurta #Mesopotamia #Kalhu #AshurnasirpalII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-10530-en/