Fantastic use of modern light technology brings this ancient... wall panel vividly back to life with projected colour! 🎨🤩 The relief comes from the North Palace at Nineveh (present day Iraq). The palace walls were decorated with brightly painted wall panels some 2,600 years ago. This relief shows three of the Sebetti gods (protective figures), each carrying a hatchet and dagger, and wearing a three-horned hat. My video is from the 2018 exhibition ‘I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria at the British Museum #ReliefWednesday #Archaeologyshow more

Louvre Museum – Assyrian Collection (Mesopotamia) Located within the... Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, the Assyrian section features artworks from the 9th to 7th centuries BCE, including sculptures, reliefs, and inscriptions from the ancient cities of Nineveh, Khorsabad, and Nimrud. Among its highlights are the colossal winged Lamassu statues from King Sargon II’s palace at Khorsabad, the Gilgamesh and lion-hunting reliefs from Nineveh, and stone panels adorned with sacred trees and divine symbols — all reflecting the Assyrian kings’ power, divine protection, and vision of cosmic order.show more

The King and Queen have just viewed the new... exhibition Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace ahead of events to mark the centenary of her birth tomorrow.show more

The King is attending a garden party at Buckingham... Palace to celebrate 50 years of his incredible The King's Trustshow more

There’s a street party atmosphere in the Marble Hall... at Buckingham Palace where the King, Queen and senior royals will celebrate the legacy of QEII. Guests include representatives from a selection of her many patronages - and three people celebrating their 100th birthday today!show more

Louis XIV became King of France 383 years ago... today. During his reign, he built one of the most beautiful places in the world, the Palace of Versailles.show more

This is how South Africa works. The video attached... shows a third-term member of parliament and leader of the EFF singing a song about killing people because of the colour of their skin and culture. He has been singing this song for the last 15 years and remains in parliament. I made a video 14 years ago using hyperbole to illustrate the double standards of racism, I specifically referred to the above politician and the singing of this song and demonstrated how hurtful the song is. Guess which one was removed from parliament...show more

What a lovely event here at Buckingham Palace -... a full family turnout - with the King, Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Royal, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester AND Princess Alexandra and the Duke of Kent paying tribute to QEII.show more

The King and Queen leave Buckingham Palace by carriage... procession as they travel to the Palace of Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament.show more

2,100 years later and still a remarkable piece of... royal military equipment from the ancient world. This bronze shield was made for King Pharnakes I of Pontus, who ruled along the southern shores of the Black Sea in the 2nd century BC.show more

The first official painted portrait of King Charles III... since his coronation has been unveiled at Buckingham Palace.show more

The first official painted portrait of King Charles III... since his coronation has been unveiled at Buckingham Palace.show more

The ancient city of Nimrud stood for 3000 years... until 2015 It rose on the banks of the Tigris River in what is now northern Iraq, and by the ninth century BC it had become the capital of the Assyrian Empire, the most powerful state in the world... At its heart stood the Northwest Palace, its walls lined with enormous alabaster reliefs of the king at war, at the hunt, and among winged spirits, each carved with cuneiform proclaiming his conquests. Its gateways were guarded by the lamassu, colossal human-headed winged bulls set there to ward off evil, and a great ziggurat towered over the city, built to join the earth to the heavens. For nearly two centuries Nimrud was one of the wealthiest and most magnificent cities in the world, at the center of an empire that reached from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. Even after the Assyrian Empire fell in 612 BC, its ruins survived, and remained buried for thousands of years... When European archaeologists uncovered them in the nineteenth century, Nimrud became one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made, revealing an entire lost civilization known until then mainly from the Bible. Then, in early 2015, the militant group ISIS, which had seized control of the region, destroyed the site. Using sledgehammers, bulldozers, and explosives, they demolished the Northwest Palace, shattered the reliefs, toppled the lamassu, and flattened the ziggurat. In November 2016, Iraqi forces retook the site, and it was later confirmed that around 90% of the excavated portion of city had been completely destroyed... What had survived for three thousand years was erased in a matter of weeks.show more