A new study in the journal Iraq presents archaeological evidence for the fall of Nineveh in 612 BC from excavations at the Shamash Gate. From 2014 to 2017, when ISIS controlled the area, its fighters dug tunnels under the Shamash Gate, looting the site and causing damage. Since 2020, archaeologists have worked to understand the scope of the damage, repair the gate, which was in danger of collapse, and begin excavations in the gate complex. They have unearthed evidence of the dramatic destruction of the city in 612 BC, including bronze and iron arrowheads, skeletons, and ash and charcoal from a burn layer. In addition, archaeologists discovered fragments of a stela of Assurbanipal, the Assyrian king who ruled from 669 BC to 631 BC. The destruction of Nineveh is prophesied numerous times in the Bible (e.g., Nah. 1:8; Zeph. 2:13).
Source: https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/30/shamash-gate-ancient-nineveh-battles/
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