Nineveh, Iraq - Great Cities of the Ancient World (sitios de interés)
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Nineveh, Iraq
Located opposite the modern day city of Mosul, Iraq on the bank of the Tigris river, the ancient city of Nineveh was described in the Bible to hold unlimited wealth in a desirable, exotic setting. For much of its early history, Nineveh lacked any real prominence, until Sennacherib built roads, public squares, houses and an 80 room palace, built with such grandeur that it would not be rivalled.
However, the city was sacked and razed in 612 by Medes, Babylonian and Susianian invaders who massacred the entire population and reduced the entire city to rubble. The city then took a mythical status, recounted only in tales of its former glory. Archaeologists excavating the site shed more light on the story of Nineveh, revealing it to be a trading town with rafts which carried goods along the river.