Nineveh's Shamash Gate Reveals Ashurbanipal Stele and Two Disasters | Ancient Origins

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New excavations at Nineveh's Shamash Gate reveal a shattered Ashurbanipal stele, human remains from 612 BC, and ISIS tunnels — two disasters 2,600 years apart in one monument.

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