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Excavated places tagged “nineveh” in Iraq · Mysteria

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Excavated places tagged “nineveh” in Iraq

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nineveh6 sennacherib5 aqueduct3 assyrian2 neo assyrian2 ashurbanipal1 assyria1 babylon

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🇮🇶 Iraq

🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works

Jerwan Aqueduct of Sennacherib

Neo-Assyrian (Sargonid) · Assyrian Imperial (Nineveh hydraulic corps)

Neo-Assyrian 280-m aqueduct bridge 705 BCE carrying Khosr Canal to Nineveh, largest pre-Roman.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana)

EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian

Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana) — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Nineveh Governorate.

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Hanging Gardens of Babylon (claimed sites)

Neo-Babylonian claimed 600 BCE; Assyrian alternative 700 BCE · Babylonian or Assyrian (Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib)

Unlocated wonder: Nebuchadnezzar's terraces vs Dalley's Nineveh screw garden.