SOURCE: The Telegraph
2-27-17
tags: Mosul, ISIS, Ancient Artifacts, Nebi Yunus shrine
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2-27-17
Previously untouched 600BC palace discovered under shrine demolished by Isil in Mosul
Breaking Newstags: Mosul, ISIS, Ancient Artifacts, Nebi Yunus shrine
Archaeologists documenting Isil’s destruction of the ruins of the Tomb of the Prophet Jonah say they have made an unexpected discovery which could help in our understanding of the world’s first empire.
The Nebi Yunus shrine - containing what Muslims and Christians believe to be the tomb of Jonah, as he was known in the Bible, or Yunus in the Koran - was blown up by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) militants soon after they seized huge swathes of northern Iraq in 2014.
The shrine is situated on top of a hill in eastern Mosul called Nebi Yunus - one of two mounds that form part of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh.
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