Righting past wrongs 

Which country owns the object

Universal significance of the object

The monetary value of an object 

The role an object plays in cultural memory

It provides a way to control the viewpoint of a visitor

It was caused by deported labour doing the construction of the site

It is the result of building on a previously occupied site

It is the result of primitive engineering

50 ha or about the size of the Monash Clayton campus 

2 ha or About the size of two athletic fields

300 ha or Almost twice the size of Melbourne's CBD

6 ha or About the size of the acropolis at Athens

An image of a god in a winged disc

A mythical guardian figure found in doorways in Assyria

An Assyrian siege engine

The throne of an Assyrian king

A type of iron spear

Because they had heard that precious silks were also being smuggled out of the country

Because the Louvre had paid them to recover the reliefs

Because the British Museum paid them to recover the reliefs

Because the reliefs were to be sold on the antiquities market

That Egypt is politically fragmented in this perios

That the "sea peoples" have now settled in Egypt

That the god Amun has regained prominence in Egyptian cult

That Libyan dynasties had taken control of Egypt

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL dating)

Dendrochronology

Radiocarbon dating (¹⁴ C dating)

Paleomagnetism

The royal inscriptions contained accurate accounts about the king's victories

The governors refused to negotiate with foreigners

The conquered communities became virtual slaves to the Assyrian powers

The communities of conquered territories could refuse the king's demands

He wanted to reinstate the cult of the Egyptian god Amun

He wanted to subjugate Egypt to control trade

He wanted to install the Kushite god in Egypt's sanctuary at Thebes

He paid homage to the expanding Egyptian state