Durante casi dos siglos, los arqueólogos que excavaron en Nimrud, una de las capitales del Imperio Asirio en el actual norte de Irak, centraron su atención en la colina de la acrópolis. Allí desenterraron palacios, templos y enormes relieves de piedra que narraban las hazañas de los reyes. Pero la ciudad que se extendía a […]

For nearly two centuries, archaeologists excavating Nimrud, one of the capitals of the Assyrian Empire in present-day northern Iraq, focused their attention on the acropolis mound. There, they unearthed palaces, temples, and massive stone reliefs depicting the deeds of kings. But the city that spread at its feet—an extensive area of 340 hectares surrounded by […]