Ancient Shamash Gate in Nineveh Reveals Two Battles 2,500 Years Apart

Ancient Shamash Gate in Nineveh Reveals Two Battles 2,500 Years Apart

Aerial Photo of the Shamash Gate from the east. Credit: Timothy Harrison / CC BY 4.0 The Shamash Gate in ancient Nineveh has revealed rare evidence of two violent chapters separated by more than 2,500 years: the fall of the Assyrian capital in 612 B.C. and the battle to free Mosul from ISIS in 2017. The research, led by Timothy Harrison and published in IRAQ, focuses on one of the largest gates of ancient Nineveh. The gate once stood as a major …