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Capital of the Assyrian Empire from the 8th
century BC until its destruction by the Medes
under King Cyaxares in 612 BC, as forecast by
the Old Testament prophet Nahum. It was
situated on the river Tigris (opposite the
present city of Mosul, Iraq) and was adorned
with palaces. Excavations from 1842 onwards
by Emile Botta (1802-70), French consul in
Iraq, and the British archaeologist Austen
Layard brought to light the ruins of Nineveh
(including the library of King Ashurbanipal)
under the mounds, or tells, of Kuyunjik and
Nebi Yunus.