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What is the significance of the massive attack on an Iraqi minority? Aug. 15, 2007 — -- Before Tuesday's devastating attacks few people had heard of Sinjar, a remote town in northwestern Iraq ...
"Among the many relief images of Assyrian palaces we know of, there are no depictions of major deities," he said. Nineveh established itself as one of the most influential cultural capitals in the ...
2,700 years ago, Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heildelberg have made a spectacular discovery in the palace of King Assurbanipal.
After 2,700 years, the walls and gates of ancient Nineveh can still be seen near the banks of the Tigris river just opposite the modern city of Mosul in Iraq. In ancient times, it was the capital of ...