At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.

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.

The Destruction of Sennacherib is a short narrative poem retelling a Biblical story from the Old Testament (2 Kings, chapter 19) in which God destroys King Sennacherib’s Assyrian army as they ...

It describes how an "angel of the Lord" passed through Sennacherib's camp outside Jerusalem in the night and "struck down" ...

Sargon II's son and successor, Sennacherib, then moved the capital to the city of Nineveh, and Khorsabad was abandoned and forgotten for over two millennia. Related: Ancient carvings of Assyrian ...