Sennacherib Palace Site - Islamic Cities (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
One of only two preserved Assyrian palaces in the world. This palace and throne-room suite was built for Sennacherib, who ruled Nineveh around 700 B.C. This particular structure survived Nineveh's sacking in 612 B.C. as well as more recent vandalism in the early 1990s. The Iraqi government roofed the site in the 1970s and protected it as the "Sennacheribe Palace Site Museum", where tourists and visitors could view the many slabs and structures of Biblical and historical importance.
Sources:
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/
http://www.crystalinks.com/nineveh.html
http://www.globalheritagefund.org/where/nineveh.html