Khorsabad's winged bulls were buried facing a specific direction and the Assyrians didn't document why

Khorsabad, ancient Dur-Sharrukin, Sargon II's palace city, built 717-706 BCE and then basically abandoned after his death in battle. the city was never finished. his son Sennacherib refused to move in — considered it cursed because of how Sargon died. the lamassu (human-headed winged bulls) at the ……