Brief Description:
Located opposite modern Mosul, 400 kilometres north of Baghdad on the Tigris River, Nineveh is one of the most important of the ancient Mesopotamian cities and is often mentioned in the Bible. Today, the site consists of several mounds, the main one being the palace of Kuyunjik. It was occupied from the 6th millennium BC until it was destroyed by the Medes late in the 7th century BC.

The city was at its prime in the 7th century BC when Sennacherib made it the capital of Assyria. Most of the surviving remains date from this period, including parts of the city wall, which was 12 kilometres in circumference, and the great palace of Sennacherib with its splendid reliefs. Some of these reliefs, together with the great archives of Cuneiform tablets, which constituted the two libraries of Sennacherib and his grandson Assurbanipal, were transferred to the Louvre and the British Museum during the 19th century.

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Committee

NOTE: The following site is not part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site List.