The Evolution of Writing Practices in Ancient Israel. Yigal Bin-Nun . Currently, the epigraphic data from the region provide ...

In the following century, Lachish’s status declined while Jerusalem rose in prominence. This shift coincided with increasing Assyrian influence, which ultimately transformed Jerusalem into a ...

The Lachish relief depicts the Assyrian army laying siege in 701 BC to the town of Lachish, about 40 kilometres from Jerusalem. Soldiers storm the town walls while prisoners are marched out of the ...

An expedition will be sent to Palestine to excavate the city of Lachish, where the prophet Isaiah was believed to have prayed that the city be saved from the Assyrians, following which 18,000 ...

In 2021, a team of Israeli and US researchers published an investigation into the Assyrian siege and destruction of Lachish, which also took place in 701 BCE during the conflict. Lachish at the ...

Picture: Steve Compton “One of the important cities that he conquered, which is mentioned in the Bible as well as in Assyrian documents, is Lachish,” he said. “And on the wall of Sennacherib ...

A recent discovery in Israel may corroborate an epic biblical account of an angel of the Lord wiping out 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, an independent scholar claims. Stephen Compton, an independent ...

Military camps used by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, whose exploits of laying siege to Lachish and Jerusalem are detailed in ...

This stone carved relief depicts an attack on Lachish during Sennacherib’s campaign of 701 BC. Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Assyrian Empire reigned from 1,365 to 609 BC ...