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Nineveh and Kuyunjik

Nineveh is an ancient Assyrian city near Mosul in northern Iraq; Kuyunjik is one of its archaeological mounds

Kuyunjik mound at Nineveh in northern Iraq, in an April 1990 photograph taken near the northwestern corner of the city wall. A dated archival view of the site at that time; the photographer’s original annotation remains in the image
Kuyunjik mound at Nineveh in northern Iraq, in an April 1990 photograph taken near the northwestern corner of the city wall. A dated archival view of the site at that time; the photographer’s original annotation remains in the imageFredarch / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Image source

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Nineveh is an ancient Assyrian city near Mosul in northern IraqIraqIraq is a modern country encompassing much of ancient MesopotamiaGlossary · Click to read the explanation; Kuyunjik is one of its archaeological mounds. [1]

It became an Assyrian capital in the late eighth century BCE. Tablets associated with AshurbanipalAshurbanipalAshurbanipal was an Assyrian king of the seventh century BCE, reigning about 668–631 BCEGlossary · Click to read the explanation’s library were found there. Kuyunjik denotes part of the city rather than another city or the entire site.

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  1. British Museum, identity and context: Nineveh and Kuyunjik. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑
  2. British Museum, identity and context: Nineveh and Kuyunjik. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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