the Museum

Elderhostel the Museum

the Museum

of the Oriental Institute of the

University of Chicago

 

statue of the Canaanite God "El"
his son is "Baal"
(Abraham referred to God as EL)

 

cuneiform tablets
(on the right is the clay envelope)


objects recovered from Tel excavations

 

 

 


from the excavations at Khorsabad, Assyria

 

corridor reliefs

 

 

the monumental figure

 

more corridor reliefs

 

 

Assyrian Lion


from Persepolis, Persia

 

horse figure

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