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These bronze arrowheads were found at the city of Lachish. The city was besieged and then conquered by the Assyrian king Sennacherib in 701 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, July 19). Assyrian Arrowheads from Lachish. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2803/assyrian-arrowheads-from-lachish/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Assyrian Arrowheads from Lachish." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 19, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2803/assyrian-arrowheads-from-lachish/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Assyrian Arrowheads from Lachish." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Jul 2014. Web. 19 Apr 2024.
