A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 130
eenth dynasty), and soon afterwardsarose the Assyrians, founding the kingdom of Nineveh about1273 B.C.; while the Chaldaeans were under this Western power.The Assyrians, in turn, were conquered by the Chaldaeans about652 (the second Chaldaean kingdom), and then a century aftercame the Persian… … ASSYRIAN SCULPTURE ALWAYS ARCHAIC. 107 the total destruction of jSTineveh in 538 B.C.* Therefore it isimportant to remember that the great works in sculpture dueto the old civilization of Egypt belong to an age that had passedaway long before the dawn of history in Babylonia. Theearliest date we…
Sculpture, Ancient
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