Khorsabad

Khorsabad (Khursabad), village in Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul, with well-preserved ruins of the large, rectangular Dur-Sharrukin. Khorsabad was the seat of the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II. The site was excavated in 1842-44 as well as in 1852-55, and artifacts from these excavations are presently stored in the Louvre.

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See also: Dur-Sharrukin

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Dur-Sharrukin: Dur-Sharrukin ("Fortress of Sargon", present day Khorsabad),was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. In 713 Sargon ordered the construction of a new palace and town 20 km north of Niniveh at the foot of the Gebel Musri. Land was bought, and the debts of construction workers we...

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Khorsabad related Images and Photos (experimental)

Reconstruction of the Entrance of the Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad Iraq 1867