It has been further threatened by the conflict that erupted following the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. Assur lies 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of the site of Nimrud and 100 km (60 mi) south of …

Ashur, ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were conducted by a German expedition (1903–13) …

2014年6月30日 · Ashur (also known as Assur) was an Assyrian city located on a plateau above the Tigris River in Mesopotamia (today known as Qalat Sherqat, northern Iraq). The city was …

The city of Ashur is the property of the State of Iraq, and it is taken care of by the staff of the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, within the Ministry of Culture. It had been protected under …

The following year, Unesco named Assur a World Heritage site in danger, cautioning that the reservoir could flood numerous nearby archaeological sites. The project was halted by the …

Ashur, Ancient religious capital of Assyria. It is located on the Tigris River, 60 mi (97 km) south of Mosul, Iraq. The name Ashur was applied to the city, to Assyria itself, and to Assyria’s …

2019年6月28日 · Ashur (its name was at the same time, the name of a god) was not a particularly large city; it had probably no more than 15,000 inhabitants and was situated south of Nineveh …

The ancient city of Ashur (Assur, modern Qal'at Sherqat) is located 390km north of Baghdad. The settlement was founded on the western bank of the Tigris.

Assur is an ancient Assyrian ruin in Northwestern Iraq.In the Bronze Age, it was an important trade hub. The city remained continuously inhabited for over 4000 years, but was abandoned …

ASSUR (Heb. אַשּׁוּר, Ashur), city situated on the west bank of the Tigris about two-thirds of the way between the confluence of the Great and Little Zab rivers; in the province of Mosul in …