Nearly three thousand years ago, at the ancient site of Nimrud (near modern Mosul, Iraq), a succession of ten Neo-Assyrian kings reigned in collaboration with their queens from the magnificence of the Northwest Palace, the seat of the empire and center of their world. Too often overshadowed by the well documented legacy of Neo-Assyrian kings, Professor Gansell will shed light on the queens who reigned with them. Piece by piece, and layer by layer, across about 150 years of evidence, Professor Gansell discovers the beauty, power, and presence of Nimrud’s Northwest Palace queens in life, death, and for eternity.