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Aria from Gioacchino Rossini's opera Semiramide (Semiramis, Queen of Assyria), sung by Dame Joan Sutherland. Click to play
video.
Verdi's opera Nabucco, 1842, (Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia, 605-562 BC), "Va Pensiero, sul'ali dorati," chorus of
the Hebrew slaves in captivity in Babylon. The Berlin Philharmonic. and Rundfunkchor Berlin is conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Click to Play video.
Maestro James Levine conducts the famous overture from Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' (Nechadnezzar II King of Babylonia), Metropolitan
Opera House, 2001.
Belshazzar's Feast, by Sir William Turner Walton, performed by the Monteverdichor, conducted by Matthias Bechert. The video
plays part 2 of 5 parts. Belshazzar is Bel-shar-usur, son of Nabunaid, king of Babylonia (555-539 BC). This is the Biblical
story of "The Writing on the Wall." Click to play the video.
Dr. Simo Parpola, world renowned Assyriologist of the University of Helsinki, reads Akkadian. Click to play video.
Dr. Simo Parpola, Assyriologist of the University of Helsinki, speaks about Assyrians. Click to play video.
Assyrian Monuments, and Art Inspired by Assyrian History
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| Winged Bull, placed at the entrance of palaces. |
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| Ishtar Gate of Babylon, 6th century BC |
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| Death of Sardanapalus (Shamash-shum-ukin king of Babylon ), by Eugene Delacroix 1827, Louvre, Paris |
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| Hammurabi, king of Babylonia, the law giver 1792-1750 BC |
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| Ashurnasirpal II, King of Assyria, 883-859 BC |
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| Assyrian king hunting lions. |
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| Gilgamesh Sumerian hero, king of Uruk, forerunner of the Greek Heracles; end of fourth millennium BC |
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| Ziggurat, a huge, multi-terraced, platform, made of brick. It had a shrine on top. |
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| In the epic of Gilgamesh (~ 2200 BC) Utnapishtim builds the ark, (the Ark of Noah). The Flood 3K BC |
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