The settlement was known as Dur-Sharrukin and it was constructed during the reign of King Sargon II, who ruled the Assyrian empire from 721 B.C. until he died in 705 B.C., according to the ...
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.), ...