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Khorsabad
Khorsabad, the City of Sargon
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      • Assyria in the 1st millennium BCE.
      • Environment and climate
      • Agriculture and resources
      • Ashur
      • Nimrud, ancient Kalhu
      • Nineveh
      • Neighbouring territories
      • The Khorsabad site
      • The city
      • The palace
      • The temples sector
      • Construction
      • A new city
      • Raw materials and workforce
      • Organising the construction works
      • An unfinished city
      • Sargon’s reign
      • Genealogy of Sargon
      • A wily politician
      • Military campaigns
      • Death of Sargon
      • Discovery of the site
      • Background to the discovery of the city
      • Paul-Émile Botta’s discovery
      • Victor Place’s excavations
      • Research
      • The excavation campaigns of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
      • Recent research
      • An endangered site
    • The luxury of an Assyrian palace
      • Magical protection
      • Winged bulls
      • Genii and heroes
      • Foundation figurines
      • Narrative reliefs
      • The Sargon relief
      • Medes tributaries
      • Transporting timber
      • Court scenes
      • War scenes
      • Executing the reliefs
      • Vanished decorations
      • Coloured bricks
      • Paintings and ceilings
      • Metal decorations
      • Life at court
      • The king and his court
      • Furniture
      • Royal meals
      • The gardens
      • A world in miniature
      • Vegetation
      • Hunting ground
    • The Assyrian museum
    • Transporting the finds
    • Creating the Assyrian museum at the Louvre
    • Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre
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Khorsabad, the City of Sargon

Founded by Sargon II king of Assyria, the city of Khorsabad, ancient Dur-Sharrukin, extended over 300 hectares and housed a magnificent palace. Discovered in 1843 by Paul-Emile Botta, Khorsabad was the first site to undergo significant archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia.

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  • Home
  • Home
  • Explore the site
    • Assyria in the 1st millennium BCE.
      • Environment and climate
      • Agriculture and resources
      • Ashur
      • Nimrud, ancient Kalhu
      • Nineveh
      • Neighbouring territories
    • The Khorsabad site
      • The city
      • The palace
      • The temples sector
    • Construction
      • A new city
      • Raw materials and workforce
      • Organising the construction works
      • An unfinished city
    • Sargon’s reign
      • Genealogy of Sargon
      • A wily politician
      • Military campaigns
      • Death of Sargon
    • Discovery of the site
      • Background to the discovery of the city
      • Paul-Émile Botta’s discovery
      • Victor Place’s excavations
    • Research
      • The excavation campaigns of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
      • Recent research
      • An endangered site
  • The luxury of an Assyrian palace
    • Magical protection
      • Winged bulls
      • Genii and heroes
      • Foundation figurines
    • Narrative reliefs
      • The Sargon relief
      • Medes tributaries
      • Transporting timber
      • Court scenes
      • War scenes
      • Executing the reliefs
    • Vanished decorations
      • Coloured bricks
      • Paintings and ceilings
      • Metal decorations
    • Life at court
      • The king and his court
      • Furniture
      • Royal meals
    • The gardens
      • A world in miniature
      • Vegetation
      • Hunting ground
  • The Assyrian museum
    • Transporting the finds
    • Creating the Assyrian museum at the Louvre
    • Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre
  • Resources
    • Media library
  • The collection
    • Actors in archaeology
    • Contact
    • Credits
    • Legal notice
    • Content uploading platform
    • About us

Explore the site

  • Assyria in the 1<sup>st</sup> millennium BCE.
  • The Khorsabad site
  • Construction
  • Sargon’s reign
  • Discovery of the site
  • Research

The luxury of an Assyrian palace

  • Magical protection
  • Narrative reliefs
  • Vanished decorations
  • Life at court
  • The gardens

The Assyrian museum

  • Transporting the finds
  • Creating the Assyrian museum at the Louvre
  • Department of Near Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre

Resources

  • Media library
  • Site plan

The collection

  • About us
  • Actors in archaeology
  • Contact
  • Content uploading platform
  • Legal notice
  • Credits

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