Nineveh’s Mashki Gate, which was reconstructed in the 1970s, was one of the city’s most iconic monuments. The Assyrian civilization derives its name from Ashur, the name of both their first ...

5000 B.C. (-250) The earliest known settlement of Nineveh. In 1932, Sir Max Mallowan ... 2000 B.C. (2750) Assyrian merchant colonies in Cappadocia are well established by this time. From the Assyrian ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall stretches for 12 kilometres within the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul.

There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case ...

More than 2,500 years ago, the Assyrians in Nineveh built the ... But Daesh occupied the Iraqi city of Mosul for three years and destroyed many ancient Assyrian treasures. Can archaeologists ...

SBS Assyrian spoke to Mr Maksimovic in regards to his opinion regarding the Nineveh wall issue. Mr Maksomovic said it is one of the saddest and most disappointing things that has happened ...

Mosul was built near the remains of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh - once the largest city in the world. "It's a story of global importance that includes the very beginning of written ...

AMMAN - In the heart of Mosul, a city scarred by war, a remarkable initiative is working to reclaim the heritage and cultural ...

5:00 AM. Stefan's team is on the move. -Now, we are driving outside the city of ancient Nineveh here and these are the remains of the Assyrian city wall. ♪♪♪ -Their destination is a hill ...

Historical importance of Mosul Mosul, meaning “the linking point” in Arabic, located 465 kilometres northwest of Baghdad, along the west bank of the Tigris River, lies opposite the ancient Assyrian ...

Assyrian splendor is reflected in the painting The Monuments of Nineveh by the 19th-century painter Sir Austen Henry Layard ... The tomb of Sardanapalus in Tarsus (a city neighboring Anchiale), drawn ...

Other events of his reign include his destruction of the city of Babylon in 689 BCE and his renovation and expansion of the last great Assyrian capital, Nineveh. Recent excavations in Jerusalem ...