Nineveh, situated on the eastern bank of the Tigris River in present-day Mosul (Iraq), was one of the major capitals of the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the 7th century BCE and is renowned for its monumental architecture, extensive fortifications, and rich corpus of cuneiform inscriptions. The archaeological remains of the site have long provided fundamental evidence for reconstructing the political, cultural, and religious history of Assyria. However, in recent years Nineveh has also suffered severe damage due to deliberate acts of destruction carried out by ISIS, which targeted its gates, walls, and other significant monuments, causing an irreparable loss to the world’s cultural heritage.
The UAV survey of the city was aimed at the recording and mapping the damages inflicted by daesh to the archaeological site.
