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Iraq / Mesopotamia: 'Entrance to the South West Palace at Nimrud', watercolour, Frederick Charles Cooper (1810 - 1880), 1850

Iraq / Mesopotamia: 'Entrance to the South West Palace at Nimrud', watercolour, Frederick Charles Cooper (1810 - 1880), 1850

Nimrud is the later Arab name for an ancient Assyrian city located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BCE and 610 BCE.