Does Library of Ashurbanipal still exist?
The materials were found in the archaeological site of Kouyunjik (ancient Nineveh, capital of Assyria) in northern Mesopotamia. The site is in modern-day northern Iraq, near the city of Mosul. Who destroyed the Library of Ashurbanipal? Less than two decades after Ashurbanipal died, his kingdom lay in tatters. In around 609 BC, the Babylonians invaded…