Carved stone reliefs, stele and cuneiform inscriptions at the Royal Palace of King Ashurnasirapal II at Nimrud, Nineveh Province
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6607 x 4388 px | 55.9 x 37.2 cm | 22 x 14.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Stele and carved stone reliefs at Nimrud, Nineveh Province, near MosulMore information:
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Nimrud, Iraq, 1989 - Carved stone reliefs, stele and cuneiform inscriptions at the Royal Palace of King Ashurnasirapal II on the Nineveh plains just south of Mosul. Nimrud was a major Assyrian city flourishing from 1250BC - 610BC. Archaeological excavations at the site began in 1845, and have continued since. Agatha Christie lived at Nimrud in the 1940s-50s, accompanying her husband Max Mallowan who led a British School of Archaeology team. In 1988, Iraqi archaeologist Muzahem Mahmoud made Iraq's discovery of the century by unearthing over 600 precious gold jewelry and precious stones under the floor of the Royal Palace at Nimrud, now considered to be Iraq's "Crown Jewels". Nimrud was bulldozed and demolished by explosives by the Islamic State in March 2015 for being "un-Islamic". Artifacts and monuments from Nimrud are scattered in over 50 museums around the world.