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How Did the Assyrian Empire Breach the Walls of Lachish? - Evidence and Propaganda in Sennacherib’s Levant Campaign | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 701 BCE, the Assyrian army arrived at the fortified Judean city of Lachish, building a massive stone and earth ramp against its walls. The assault that followed is one of the most completely documented sieges in the ancient world. By reading three very different kinds of evidence together—the carved palace reliefs of Sennacherib, the excavated remains of weapons and mass graves, and the theological accounts in the biblical texts—we can reconstruct the mechanics of Assyrian siege warfare…
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