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Artistic Viking
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Straight up giving history lessons, I can respect that.Assyrians do still exist, but not the ancient kind in the way that modern Greeks aren't the same as ancient Greeks. Speaking of Greeks, the second set of artifacts seems to be more their style, but anyway, the Syriacs, the Chaldeans, the Aramaens: they all trace their origins to ancient Assyrians, as well as the early Christian churches that sprung up in the later Roman period.
We're used to the idea of cultures having distinct nation-states these days, but they don't have one. Many live in northern Iraq and Syria, and have suffered through the wars and instability there, many fleeing overseas.
But anyway, the top artifact also isn't Assyrian It seems to be from a temple in Khajuraho, an Indian city famed for the erotic art in its temples