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01-31-2006, 08:13 PM
Not to nitpick, but this fellow is actually not a diver - he is just using an inflated skin to swim across a moat or a river. There are a number of such depictions in Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs, including ones showing the soldiers also carrying their shields on their backs as they swim. To the best of my certain knowledge, while they used many creative methods to *cross* water, the Assyrian military never tried to go under it. They saved their ingenuity for getting under/through/over city walls.

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Divers - by Jona Lendering - 01-31-2006, 07:50 PM
Re: Divers - by Virilis - 01-31-2006, 07:56 PM
Re: Divers - by ushumgal - 01-31-2006, 08:13 PM
Re: Divers - by Jona Lendering - 01-31-2006, 09:42 PM
Re: Divers - by FAVENTIANVS - 01-31-2006, 10:00 PM
Re: Divers - by Jona Lendering - 01-31-2006, 10:49 PM
Re: Divers - by ushumgal - 01-31-2006, 11:03 PM
Re: Divers - by Jona Lendering - 01-31-2006, 11:48 PM
Re: Divers - by FAVENTIANVS - 01-31-2006, 11:54 PM
Re: Divers - by ushumgal - 02-01-2006, 10:12 PM
Re: Divers - by Comerus Gallus - 02-01-2006, 11:34 PM
Re: Divers - by hoplite14gr - 02-03-2006, 12:33 PM
Re: Divers - by Arthes - 02-03-2006, 08:55 PM
Re: Divers - by Robert Vermaat - 02-04-2006, 09:20 AM
Re: Divers - by Carlton Bach - 02-04-2006, 09:22 AM
Re: Divers - by Jona Lendering - 02-04-2006, 11:56 AM
Re: Divers - by hoplite14gr - 02-04-2006, 01:10 PM

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