Sargon II was unexpectedly killed in battle, and after his death, his son and successor relocated the capital from Dur-Sharrukin to the settlement of Nineveh ... of Sargon II's palace at Dur ...

(215) 898-4000 or Penn Museum. The king envisioned Nineveh as a fortified haven, directing the cultivation of parks and orchards, the creation of a canal system for irrigation, and construction of a ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.