Nineveh Ruins - Islamic Cities (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
The Ruins of Nineveh:Nineveh is a contained archaeological site. The significance of the site of Nineveh is seen through the role that it has played historically as a key capital city of the Assyrian Empire. The long sequence of occupation at the site attests to its importance throughout antiquity. Furthermore, the previous exploration at the site has revealed incredibly important information, specifically texts, seals, prisms and other texts in libraries and caches attesting in vast ways to the language, economy, religion, and culture of the time period. Secondly, although half of the site is obscured by modern construction, the other half is untouched and its potential preservation may yield a vast amount of archaeological information.
Nineveh has long been a favored tourist destination, with visible walls and gates, as well as the throne room of Sennacherib's palace, which was roofed in the 1970s. (See separate placemark for more info on this)
Note: This has been partially copied from http://www.globalheritagefund.org/where/nineveh.html