The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

Basically, the king just liked to have his ... with a huge rebellion in which he lost his crown in Babylonia. Nevertheless, he kept his kingdom in Assyria and continued to campaign across the ...