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Nineveh: Nergal Gate

Bronze head of an Akkadian king, possibly Sargon of Akkad, with detailed curled beard and patterned hair, displayed on a white pedestal.

relief of a spirit holding a poppy flower

Sennacherib in a relief from Nineveh

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Major Events

Nineveh: Nergal Gate

Battle of Nineveh

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Assyria

ancient kingdom, Mesopotamia

Iraq

country, Asia

Key People

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Hormuzd Rassam

Assyriologist

Bas-relief depicting the founding Assyrian king of Nineveh, Sennacherib

Sennacherib

king of Assyria

Layard, drawing by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Austen Henry Layard

British archaeologist

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Isaac of Nineveh

Syrian bishop

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Sir Max Mallowan

British archaeologist

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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