Has Nineveh Been Found?

Excited by these finds, the British government, through the British Museum, took over as sponsor and in 1847 Layard moved to the mound of Kuyunjik, across the river Tigris in front of Mosul. It was there that he finally unearthed the fabled city of Nineveh.

Has the city of Nineveh been found?

Fourteen years after the death of Ashurbanipal, however, Nineveh suffered a defeat from which it never recovered. Extensive traces of ash, representing the sack of the city by Babylonians, Scythians, and Medes in 612 bce, have been found in many parts of the Acropolis.

Where is Nineveh today?

Nineveh was the capital of the powerful ancient Assyrian empire, located in modern-day northern Iraq.