the wall spans over 3,000ft, reaches widths of up to 7ft, and peaks just under 3ft high in many places. Believed to date back more than 10,000 years to the Mesolithic Age, these ancient builders ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall stretches for 12 kilometres within the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul.

While Assyrians around the world are currently preparing to celebrate their Assyrian ancestors’ tradition of Akitu or the Assyrian New Year, an ancient ... the Nineveh wall vicinity and it ...