02/01/2019 New Yorker cartoon 1960 by Robert J Day View of possible site of Nineveh Hanging Gardens Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 1 2 Artist’s impression (Terry Ball) of possible Nineveh Hanging Gardens draft reconstruction by Andrew Lacey Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 3 4 Relief from Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad 5 6 1
02/01/2019 Maarten van Heemskerck 1572 Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 7 8 Maarten de Vos 1614 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling Antonio Tempesta 1608 www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 9 10 Pierre Valleran 1675-1700 Robert von Spalart 1798 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 11 12 2
02/01/2019 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling 19 th century idea of Hanging Gardens www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 13 14 Artist's impression 1927 based on Koldeway Ishtar gate 15 16 Lowell Thomas documentary 1956 Hanging gardens by Charles set by Mario Larrinaga Sheldon 1924 17 18 3
02/01/2019 19 20 21 22 Cornelisz Anthonisz 1547 23 24 4
02/01/2019 25 26 Tower of Babel by van Valckenborch 1594 27 28 Ninus and Semiramis Alexander in Babylon by Le Brun 29 30 5
02/01/2019 The Garden Relief Gardens on a relief of Ashurbanipal Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 31 32 Nineveh sporting events in garden Gardens on a relief of Ashurbanipal Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 33 34 Sennacherib presiding over capture of Lachish 35 36 6
02/01/2019 37 38 Sennacherib’s reliefs from Nineveh Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 39 40 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 41 42 7
02/01/2019 Ashurbanipal and his queen relaxing in a garden Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 43 44 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 45 46 Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 47 48 8
02/01/2019 Human headed winged bull palace of Sargon II Babylon 1973 Khorsabad c 700 BC 49 50 Ishtar Gate during excavations Babylon 1932 Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 51 52 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 53 54 9
02/01/2019 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 55 56 Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 57 58 Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk 59 60 10
02/01/2019 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 61 62 Dr William Sterling Dr William Sterling British Museum lion from Nebuchadnezzar’s Palace www.williamsterling.co.uk www.williamsterling.co.uk 63 64 Belshazzar’s Feast by Rembrandt John Martin Belshazzar’s Feast 1820 65 66 11
02/01/2019 Destruction of Nineveh 1828 Delacroix Death of Sardanapolis 1827 67 68 12
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