TELL-ED-DUWEIR is the site of an ancient city, probably the Biblical ‘Lachish’, on the edge of the Judæan foothills, overlooking the Philistine lowland. It was excavated from 1932 to 1938 by ...

The heartland of the Assyrian empire lay on the fertile river Tigris, over 500 miles (800 km) north-east of the devastated Lachish. It was an ideal location for agriculture and trade, but it had ...

The heartland of the Assyrian empire lay on the fertile river Tigris, over 500 miles (800 km) north-east of the devastated Lachish. It was an ideal location for agriculture and trade, but it had ...