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Assyrian Palace Sculptures Cookbook_Gift_Guide Queen Goharshad ushered in aBetween the ninth and seventh centuries BCE, the small kingdom of Assyria (present day northern Iraq) expanded through conquest from Egypt to Iran. The relief sculptures that decorated Assyrian palaces represent the high point of Mesopotamian art of the first millennium BCE, both for their artistic quality and their vivid depictions of warfare, rituals, mythology, hunting, and other aspects of Assyrian life. Together, the sculptures constitute some of