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A new campaign was launched by Esarhaddon in 669 BCE. However, he became ill on the way and died. His elder son [[Shamash-shum-ukin]] became king of Babylon and his son [[Ashurbanipal]] became king of Assyria, with Ashurbanipal holding the senior position and Babylon subject to Nineveh.<ref>ABC 1 Col.4:30–33 and ABC 14:31–32, 37</ref>
The remains of three colossal statues of Taharqa were found at the entrance of the palace at [[Nineveh]]. These statues were probably brought back as war trophies by [[Esarhaddon]], who also brought back royal hostages and numerous luxury objects from Egypt.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=William Stevenson |last2=Simpson |first2=William Kelly |title=The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt |date=1 January 1998 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-07747-6 |page=235 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJYMRcibM_QC&pg=PA235 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thomason |first1=Allison Karmel |title=From Sennacherib's bronzes to Taharqa's feet: Conceptions of the material world at Nineveh |journal=IRAQ |date=2004/ed |volume=66 |page=155 |doi=10.2307/4200570 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/abs/from-sennacheribs-bronzes-to-taharqas-feet-conceptions-of-the-material-world-at-nineveh/D17D4A6C2CCD658A6B6985EA8D389BC8 |language=en |issn=0021-0889|quote=Related to the subject of entrances to buildings, the final case study that allows insight into conceptions of the material world at Nineveh and in Assyria concerns the statues of the 25th Dynasty Egyptian king Taharqa excavated at the entrance to the arsenal on Nebi Yunus. I have argued elsewhere that Egypt was a site of fascination to the Neo-Assyrian kings, and that its material culture was collected throughout the period.}}</ref>
==Invasion of Ashurbanipal (667 BCE)==
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