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.
At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.
In the Bible, Jonah was ordered to go to Nineveh and warn the people about the city’s impending destruction because they were so evil. He did not want this job because Nineveh was ancient Israel ...