King Shalmaneser III of Assyria and King Jehu of Israel
This video depicts the citadel of Shalmaneser III in Nimrud (ancient Kalhu or modern Northern Iraq) where the Black Obelisk was found. It was discovered during excavations by British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1846.
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Shalmaneser's Palace in Nimrud, Institute for the Visualization of History, Courtesy of George Blumenthal
Black Obelisk
The British Museum, London
Ardon Bar-Hama