ESTRATTO ANTICO DNA DA MATTONE DI FANGO INSCRITTO PROVENIENTE DA NIMRUD, IRAQ https://www.danielemancini-archeologia.it/estratto-antico-dna-da-mattone-di-fango-inscritto-proveniente-da-nimrud-iraq/ #ADNA, #AshurnasirpalII, #Nimrud, #SophieLundRasmussen, #TroelsArbøll, #UniversitàDiOxford

Ashurnasirpal II (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ashurnasirpal_II/ #History #Ashur #AshurnasirpalII #Assur

Ashur (also known as Assur) was an Assyrian city located on a plateau above the Tigris River in Mesopotamia (today known as Qalat Sherqat, northern Iraq). https://www.worldhistory.org/ashur/ #History #Ashur #AshurnasirpalII #Assur

In 1845 CE, the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard began excavations at the ruins of the city of Nimrud in the region which is northern Iraq in the present day. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/784/the-nimrud-ivories-their-discovery--history/ #History #Ashur #AshurnasirpalII #Assyria

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1122/wall-reliefs-apkallus-of-the-north-west-palace-at/ #History #Apkallu #AshurnasirpalII #Assyria

Ninurta (identified with Ningirsu, Pabilsag, and the biblical Nimrod) is the Sumerian and Akkadian hero-god of war, hunting, and the south wind. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ninurta/ #History #AshurnasirpalII #Kalhu #MesopotamianReligion

The foundation of the Assyrian dynasty can be traced to Zulilu, who is said to have lived after Bel-kap-kapu (c. 1900 BCE), the ancestor of Shalmaneser I. The city-state of Ashur rose to prominence in northern Mesopotamia, founding trade colonies in Cappadocia. King Shamshi-Adad I (1813-1791 BCE) expanded the domains of Ashur by defeating the kingdom of Mari, thus creating the first Assyrian ki...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/106/history-of-assyria/ #Ashur #Ashurbanipal #AshurnasirpalII

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1122/wall-reliefs-apkallus-of-the-north-west-palace-at/ #Apkallu #AshurnasirpalII #Assyria