The city of Nineveh continued although not in its former glory but by the Middle Ages, it had passed into oblivion. Related: Brief History of Assyrians. Today there are two main tells (tells are mound ...

In the ancient city of Nineveh, a statue of a winged bull survived undamaged for 2,700 years - until IS took a pneumatic drill to it last year.

In the ancient city of Nineveh, a statue of a winged bull survived undamaged for 2,700 years - until IS took a pneumatic drill to it last year.

The fall of Nineveh. The biblical book of Nahum contains an extensive prophecy (albeit written after the event) about the fall of Nineveh. The book of Jonah, meanwhile, recounts that Jonah was sent to ...

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, the archaeologists ...

As a little boy I loved to go for a family hike up the mountain, but what was best in the day came early and late, going up and coming down. Our path crossed a motorway as we left the city; and ...

13.05.2025 15:50 Spectacular Find in the Ancient City of Nineveh Marietta Fuhrmann-Koch Kommunikation und Marketing Universität Heidelberg. A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq ...

The gates are two of 15 built along the city wall around 700 BCE, but much of what ISIS destroyed was actually the result of restoration programs from the 1960s and ’70s, as University College ...

Isis has destroyed a 2,000-year-old ancient structure near the Iraqi city of Mosul. The Mashqi Gate, also known as the Gate of God, was one of a number of grand gates which guarded the ancient ...

Nineveh is a most original novel; its plot is derived from strange and unlikely material yet, in its understated way, it is relentless and perfect. The author has prefaced it with a 4?000-year-old ...