Long-lost Assyrian military camp devastated by 'the angel of the Lord' finally found, scientist claims

In this Assyrian relief, we see men on horses surrounding a city.

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.

At the time of the sieges, which both occurred around 701 B.C., the Assyrians controlled a rapidly growing empire that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.