The interior of the palace of Nineveh (near present-day Mosul in Iraq) is based on the one done on the spot by Layard.

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This illustration of the interior of the palace of Nineveh (near present-day Mosul in Iraq) is based on the one done on the spot by British traveler, archaeologist, and draftsman Austen Henry Layard in 1851. The Assyrian ruler Sennacherib founded Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, in 705 The reliefs were originally painted in vivid colors, and traces of paint are still visible on the remains, now housed in the British Museum. The king is in the center under the umbrella. Two-colossal, human-headed winged bulls stand guard, and to the left and right is a winged genie, fertilizing a date tree. The illustration dates to around 1900.

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