Ancient Nineveh (Mosul City)

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Nineveh (/ˈnɪnɪvə/ or /ˈnɪnəvə/; Akkadian: Ninua) is an ancient Mesopotamian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
It was the largest city in the world for some fifty years until, after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria itself, it was sacked by an unusual coalition of former subject peoples, the Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Chaldeans, Scythians and Cimmerians in 612 BC. Its ruins are across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq. The two main tells, or mound-ruins, within the walls are Kouyunjik (Kuyuncuk), the Northern Palace, and Tell Nabī Yūnus. ( quoted from wikipedia)


Destruction in the presence

End February 2015 were destroyed by the Islamist terrorist group Islamic State of (IS) archaeological finds, mostly statues from different periods of the Assyrian Empire in the Museum of Mosul. Also "at the archaeological site (in Nineveh) attacked the fanatics a gatekeeper figure with the pneumatic drill." Markus Hilgert, Director of the Near Eastern Museum Berlin, this called for a protection program to include the training of Syrian and Iraqi archaeologists and restorers. A project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education for three-year project also provides for "better illuminate the black market with period artworks. [...] For the archaeological pieces, which does not destroy the Islamic state, which he sells. " (quoted and translated from the german page of wikipedia)