Nineveh
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Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and l
The reconstructed Mashki Gate of Nineveh (since destroyed by the Islamic State)
View of the village of "Nunia" or "Ninive", published by Carsten Niebuhr in 1778
Village in Nineveh in 2019
Beveled rim bowl. Clay, from Nineveh, Late Uruk Period, 3300-3100 BC. British Museum
Since 2014, the Islamic State has destroyed cultural heritage on an unprecedented scale, primarily in Iraq and Syria, but also in Libya. These attacks and demolitions targeted a variety of ancient and
Nineveh
…because there was an Arab Muslim shrine dedicated to that prophet on the site. On July 24, 2014, the Islamic State destroyed the shrine as part of a campaign to destroy religious sanctuaries it deemed "un-Islamic", but also to loot that site through tunneling. The ruin mound of Tell Kuyunjiq rises about 20 metres (66…
Cemetery in Qayyarah, Iraq, destroyed by the Islamic State (November 2016)
Prophet Jonah (Nabi Yunus) Mosque in Mosul, pictured in 1999. It was destroyed by IS in 2014.
Leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in 2013. Destroyed by IS on 22 June 2017 during the Battle of Mosul.
Dair Mar Elia monastery, which was destroyed sometime between late August and September 2014