 Simultaneously, members of the expedition began preserving and reconstructing the city gates from the Israelite period.The data found in these excavations, together with historical data and with the description of the conquest, as portrayed in the large Lachish reliefs made by Sennacherib that were discovered in Nineveh, made it possible to reconstruct the history of the conquest and destruction of Lachish during Sennacherib's campaign against Judah, in 701 BC (these wall-reliefs are currently part of the collection of the British Museum).This campaign was launched to repress the rebellion started by Hezekiah, king of Judah, against Assyria.