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.

While Assyrians around the world are currently preparing to celebrate their Assyrian ancestors’ tradition of Akitu or the Assyrian New Year, an ancient ... within the Nineveh wall vicinity ...

Sargon II was unexpectedly killed in battle, and after his death, his son and successor relocated the capital from Dur-Sharrukin to the settlement of Nineveh shortly afterwards. In the 1800s ...

Assyria, which was located in Mesopotamia, is considered the world's first empire. It existed from 2000 BCE to 612 BCE, and ...