A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

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A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Name: Assyrian Swimmers What it is: A relief scene carved in gypsum Where it is from: The Royal Palace of Nimrud (near modern-day Mosul, Iraq) When it was made: Between 865 and 860 B.C. Related ...