Assur lies 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of the site of Nimrud and 100 km (60 mi) south of Nineveh. Exploration of the site of Assur began in 1898 by German archaeologists.

Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊹, romanized: AN.ŠAR₂, Assyrian cuneiform: 𒀭𒊹 Aš-šur, 𒀭𒀀𒇳𒊬 ᵈa -šur₄) [1] was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient times until their gradual conversion to Christianity between the 1st and 5th centuries AD. The name of the god Ashur is spelled exactly the same as that of the city of Assur.

Ashur (אַשּׁוּר ʾAššūr) was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

2017年1月27日 · Assur (also Ashur, Anshar) is the god of the Assyrians who was elevated from a local deity of the city of Ashur to the supreme god of the Assyrian pantheon. His attributes were drawn from earlier Sumerian and Babylonian deities and so he was, at once, a god of war, wisdom, justice, agriculture, and kingship among others.

Ashur, ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were conducted by a German expedition (1903–13) led by Walter Andrae. Ashur was a name applied to the city, to the country, and to the principal god of the ancient Assyrians.

2014年6月30日 · Ashur (also known as Assur) was an Assyrian city located on a plateau above the Tigris River in Mesopotamia (today known as Qalat Sherqat, northern Iraq). The city was an important center of trade, as it lay squarely on a caravan trade route that ran through Mesopotamia to Anatolia and down through the Levant.

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Located on the western bank of the Tigris River in present-day Iraq, the city was a religious and political center for over 3,000 years. It played a crucial role in the development of Assyrian culture, governance, and military expansion.

The Assyrians' home city was Assur, 72 km (45 miles) south of Kalhu on the Tigris river. It was so important to Assyrian self-identity that it was also considered to be a god.

Ancient Assur (Aššur), literally meaning the "City of God Aššur ", was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BCE), the Middle Assyrian Empire (1363–912 BCE), and for a brief time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BCE).