<< Our Photo Pages >> Dur-Sharrukin - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq
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Multi-periodSite Name: Dur-Sharrukin Alternative Name: KhorsabadCountry: Iraq Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mosul Nearest Village: Khorsabad
Latitude: 36.509537N Longitude: 43.229315E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Dur-Sharrukin was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria and is located in the village of Khorsabad, 15 km northeast of Mosul. In 713 BCE, Sargon II ordered the construction of a new palace and town 20 km north of Niniveh at the foot of the Gebel Musri hill. The town was rectangular in layout, measuring 1.7 by 1.6 Km and surrounded by massive walls that were strengthened with 157 towers. 7 gates allowed entry into the city from all directions. The temples on the walled terrace were dedicated to the gods Nabu, Shamash, Sin, Adad, Ningal and Ninurta, while there was also a ziggurat. The palace was adorned with wall reliefs, and the gates were flanked with winged bulls shedu statues, which can now be seen in many western museums, including the Louvre in Paris. As Sargon was killed during a battle in 705 BC, his son and successor Sennacherib abandoned the project, and relocated the capital to Nineveh, leading to the eventual complete abandonment of Dur-Sharrukin. The site was rediscovered in 1843 by Paul-Émile Botta, the French consul at Mosul, although he believed he had found the biblical Nineveh. The artifacts from the excavations were taken to the Louvre museum in Paris.
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