1.0American Journal of Archaeologyhttps://ajaonline.orgajahttps://ajaonline.org/author/aja/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="c4HGUlx66D"><a href="https://ajaonline.org/book-review/988/">Gräber und Grüfte in Assur. Vol. 1, Von der zweiten Hälfte des 3. bis zur Mitte des 2. Jahrtausends v. Chr.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ajaonline.org/book-review/988/embed/#?secret=c4HGUlx66D" width="600" height="338" title="“Gräber und Grüfte in Assur. Vol. 1, Von der zweiten Hälfte des 3. bis zur Mitte des 2. Jahrtausends v. Chr.” — American Journal of Archaeology" data-secret="c4HGUlx66D" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://ajaonline.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> The site of Ashur, some 60 km south of Mosul in northern Iraq, has one of the most beautiful landscape settings in Mesopotamia, on an outcrop above the Tigris River with a sweeping view to north and east. The settlement was established by the mid third millennium B.C.E. and occupied continuously through the late first […]