This former Assyrian capital (named after the Assyrian god Nina) is a long way to go to see mounds of dirt, ruins of ancient buildings, a few nicely restored gates, some partially restored walls and a small museum.
Most of the area's finds have already been distributed to museums throughout the world, especially the British Museum. Ninevah is mentioned in the Bible as the city to which Jonah was sent to preach repentance. A tablet found there by archaeologist George Smith in 1872 contained the Assyrian
Gilgamesh Epic of the Creation and the Flood (believed to have been written between 1750 and 1400 BC), which offered another story of the great flood.
Across the Tigris River from Mosul, 225 mi/365 km northwest of Baghdad.
