A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Statues et statuettes de rois et de particuliers.v.49 by G. Legrain; Henri Hauthier. Publication date 1906 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics Egyptology Collection claremontschooloftheology; ...

Much of what we know about the city’s early flourishing comes from a remarkable collection of more than 23,000 clay Assyrian tablets discovered at the Turkish site of Karum Kanesh, 600 miles away.