Simulating Assyrians: The Siege of Tel Lachish
Author(s): Jon Carroll
Year: 2025
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The Assyrian siege of Tel Lachish in 701BC was immortalized in stone reliefs that once decorated the walls of Sennacherib’s palace at Nineveh. Archaeologists have long recognized the role these images played in glorifying Assyrian military and political power. The reliefs have also heavily influenced our interpretations of how the city of Tel Lachish was conquered. Computer modeling and simulation and drone photogrammetry are used to recreate the ancient landscape of Tel Lachish, and digital recreations of Assyrian equipment and tactics are used to test hypotheses regarding how the city fell.
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Simulating Assyrians: The Siege of Tel Lachish. Jon Carroll. Presented at The 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2025 ( tDAR id: 511293)
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Abstract Id(s): 53863