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This picture is a general view of Kuyunjik, the palace mound of Nineveh. The purpose of this website is to expose the modern thefts of antiquities from Nineveh. This means the world is losing countless valuble artefacts that are important in understanding the Mesopotamian civilisation. The site starts with a general introduction to the history of Nineveh, the capital of Mesopotamia. It then gives a summary of the discovery and exploration of Nineveh. It says that Sennacherib, a place in Nineveh, was discovered in 1847 by Austen Henry Layard in Northern Iraq. He found text that differed in account from the Bible (which isn't surprising, frankly).
This is a picture of the general view of Sennacherib Palace, which is now being preserved by Iraq.
This is a picture of Room V, slab 43. The context of the scene is Sennarcherib's military camp on a campaign in a mountainous region. The site then goes into detail about the task of documenting the site, especially with stolen slabs from the site now going up for sale on the antiquities market. The author wants to put a stop to this. The selling of these artefacts is a loss for science, as parts of the culture are disapearing. This creates an even more imperfect view of the site, and civilisation as a whole. In these types of sites, any sort of artefact could hold the key to an important discovery. The site then explains that, due to the United Nations sanctions against Iraq, the people have become impoverished, and so steal and sell antiquities to make money. The United Nations won't let archaeologists and others go into Iraq to assess the damage, and help preserve what is left. This is a perfect example of how a current international conflict helps destroy the history of one of the greatest civilisations the world has ever seen. Overall this site was rather plain, and didn't have much information on Nineveh or Mesopotamia. But it does serve to address a very critical issue of modern archaeology. Next Page