This region was also mentioned a number of times in the Bible, and today, only ruins and remains are left from that era. One of these ruins is Tel Lachish, a biblical site that is located right ...

Assyrian King Sennacherib conquered the Judean city of Lachish in one of the most documented battles of ancient history, as described in the Bible, in Assyrian records and even in artwork that has ...

Here’s how it works. Tel Lachish National Park is home to the gate structure, on the left, with its six rooms split by the city street. [Read the Story About the Recent Excavation.] During the ...

Military camps used by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, whose exploits of laying siege to Lachish and Jerusalem are detailed in the Hebrew Bible, have finally been identified, a scholar says.

WHEN SENNACHERIB, King of Assyria, sent his army to the kingdom of Judah in 701BC, and had it destroy the city of Lachish ... of earlier invasions, in the Bible and other texts, are thought ...