The Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II, Nimrud

Colorization of the NWPalace (rev. 12/2019)

Model of an Assyrian Queen (updated 2018)

Recent Renderings (updated 2019)

Animated Video Flythrough of the Palace (new 2019)

Explore the Throne Room in Virtual Reality (under re-construction)

The Nimrud Rising Initiative

Background Narrative about the Palace and our Reconstruction

How We Build a Rendered 3D Model

Fragments of Colored Plaster and Brick from the Palace

Bibliography & Published Images

Assyromania

Conference Talks and Presentations

Archived Pages

2023 -- Table of Gods, uncovering the world's oldest recipes, led by Arim Hawsho, presents a detailed peek into the elaborate banquet planned by Ashurnasirpal II and chronicled on a stela set outside the throne room at the Northwest Palace.

2015 -- It with utter dismay and deep sorrow that we had provided links to the ISIS/Da'esh online videos showing their destruction of the Northwest Palace, Nimrud (be advised those were awful heart-wrenching displays); most have since been removed. The videos appeared genuine, and later on-sites reported the devastation. The Northwest Palace no longer exists (except as our digital surrogate).

2010 -- It is with sadness that Learning Sites mourns the passing of Samuel M. Paley, pioneering Assyriologist whose vision of moving archaeological analyses and data dissemination into the digital age gave rise to the Nimrud Citadel interactive publication project. The virtual reality re-creation of the Northwest Palace will continue to expand in his memory.

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