On one of the two most prominent mounds of Nineveh ruins, rises the Mosque of the Prophet Yunus ( previously a Nestorian-Assyrian Church ).

The ruins of Nineveh, with the whole area included within the parallelogram they form by lines drawn from the one to the other, are generally regarded as consisting of these four sites.

Other cities that had perished, such as Palmyra, Persepolis, and Thebes, had left ruins to mark their sites and tell of their former greatness ; but of this city, imperial Nineveh, not a single vestige seemed to remain, and the very place on which it had stood became only matter of conjecture.

Nebuchadnezzar was the oldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid Nineveh in ruins.

Heraclius had found a plain west of the Great Zab some distance from the ruins of Nineveh.

Having collected a large amount of invaluable information on this and kindred topics, in addition to much geographical knowledge gained in the prosecution of various explorations ( including visits with Sir Austen Henry Layard to the ruins of Nineveh ), he returned to England on leave of absence in 1849.

A. H. Layard's statement in his 1853 book Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon is " A falconer bearing a hawk on his wrist appeared to be represented in a bas-relief which I saw on my last visit to those ruins.

Behind the veil of all the hieratic and mystical allegories of ancient doctrines, behind the darkness and strange ordeals of all initiations, under the seal of all sacred writings, in the ruins of Nineveh or Thebes, on the crumbling stones of old temples and on the blackened visage of the Assyrian or Egyptian sphinx, in the monstrous or marvelous paintings which interpret to the faithful of India the inspired pages of the Vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at reception by all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed.

Its chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, which lies across the Tigris river from the ruins of ancient Nineveh.

Mohl had read Claudius Rich's works, and realized clearly that the author had found the exact site of the ruins of Nineveh, and he felt that priceless archaeological treasures lay buried there and it was said that Botta's appointment as Consul at Mosul was due entirely to the influence and activity of Mohl, who persuaded the Government and the learned Societies of Paris that a French Consul at Mosul could do what a British Consul at Baghdad had done, i. e., make large collections of Oriental manuscripts, cuneiform tablets, etc.

As early as the 12th century, the ruins of Nineveh were correctly identified by Benjamin of Tudela ( also known as Benjamin Son of Jonah ), a rabbi from Navarre, who visited the Jews of Mosul and their ruins during his travels throughout the Middle East.

In 1811, Claudius James Rich, an Englishman and a resident for the East India Company in Baghdad, began examining and mapping the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh, and collecting numerous inscribed bricks, tablets, boundary stones, and cylinders, including the famous Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder and Sennacherib Cylinder, a collection which formed the nucleus of the Mesopotamian antiquities collection at the British Museum.

Sennacherib's Prism, which details the events of Sennacherib's campaign against Judah, was discovered in the ruins of Nineveh in 1830, and is now stored at the Oriental Institute in Chicago, Illinois.

His visit to the ruins outside the city of Mosul in Iraq is one of the earliest accurate descriptions of the site of ancient Nineveh.

There are several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Algeria including Al Qal ' a of Beni Hammad, the first capital of the Hammadid empire ; Tipasa, a Phoenician and later Roman town ; and Djémila and Timgad, both Roman ruins ; M ' Zab Valley, a limestone valley containing a large urbanized oasis ; also the Casbah of Algiers is an important citadel.

The ruins of this monastery are still to be seen in Bunnacurry today.

It encloses a mass of ruins conspicuous in which are a fine triumphal arch, the colonnades of two streets, a gymnasium, etc.

The remains of the acropolis fortifications are very interesting, including roads and ditches hewn in the rock ; but beyond ruins of two churches, a gatehouse, and a fine keep built by Thoros I There are no notable structures in the upper town.

Another theory is that the ruins of Akkad are to be found beneath modern Baghdad.

Its ancient cult of Aphrodite was the most important, after Paphos, in Cyprus, her homeland, though the ruins of Amathus are less well-preserved than neighboring Kourion.

The site of the ruins is within the borders of this village, though the expansion of the Limassol tourist area has threatened the ruins: it is speculated that some of the hotels are on top of the Amathus necropolis.

These coatings are long gone and much of the architectural detail is sadly eroded, though detached fragments found in the ruins during consolidation give an impression of the original refined, rather austere, architectural effect.

Apart from the mosque, called Jāma ' Iltutmish ( pronounced Altamish locally ), nearly the whole of the ancient temple has fallen into ruins, but the relics are still unsurpassed as examples of Hindu architecture and sculpture.

The ruins of the town may still be seen on Cape Balastra ; they cover seven small hills, and extend from an eastern to a western harbor ; on the southwestern hills are the remains of the medieval settlement of Polystylon.

Some of their works are considered precursors of archaeoastronomy ; antiquarians interpreted the astronomical orientation of the ruins that dotted the English countryside as William Stukeley did of Stonehenge in 1740, while John Aubrey in 1678 and Henry Chauncy in 1700 sought similar astronomical principles underlying the orientation of churches.

Many elements of the lament are borne out in the historical narrative in 2 Kings concerning the fall of Jerusalem: Jerusalem lying in ruins ( Lamentations 2: 2 and 2 Kings 25: 9 ), enemies entering the city ( Lamentations 4: 12 and 2 Kings 24: 11 ), people going into exile ( Lamentations 1: 3 and 2 Kings 24: 14 ) and the sanctuary being plundered ( Lamentations 1: 10 and 2 Kings 24: 13 ).

Some important Roman ruins are exposed under the Plaça del Rei, its entrance located by the city museum ( Museu d ' Història de la Ciutat ); the typically Roman grid plan is still visible today in the layout of the historical centre, the Barri Gòtic (" Gothic Quarter ").

The Bank's original home was in Walbrook in the City of London, where during the building's reconstruction in 1954 archaeologists found the remains of a Roman temple of Mithras ( Mithras was – rather fittingly – worshipped as being the God of Contracts ); the Mithraeum ruins are perhaps the most famous of all twentieth-century Roman discoveries in the City of London and can now be viewed by the public.

* Preah Ko Style ( 877-886 AD ): Hariharalaya was the first capital city of the Khmer empire located in the area of Angkor ; its ruins are in the area now called Roluos some fifteen kilometers southeast of the modern city of Siem Reap.

The ruins that remain are of brick, sandstone and laterite, the wood elements having been lost to decay and other destructive processes.

The most extensive ruins are at Mỹ Sơn in Vietnam.

There are a large number of archaeological sites which include the Minoan sites of Knossos and Phaistos, the classical site of Gortys, and the diverse archaeology of the island of Koufonisi which includes Minoan, Roman, and World War II ruins.

These areas have ruins from the wars against the Cathars which are still visible today.

The ruins of the Temple of Delphi visible today date from the 4th century BC are of a peripteral Doric building.

Certainly Eugene's appearance was not impressive – " He was never good looking …" wrote the Duchess of Orléans, " It is true that his eyes are not ugly, but his nose ruins his face ; he has two large teeth which are visible at all times.

There are also many ruins still in existence, protected by the government.

Thus 6th century Gallo-Romans of Gregory's class, surrounded by the ruins of Roman temples and public buildings, attributed the destruction they saw to the plundering raids of the Alemanni.

The ruins of rammed-earth walls that once surrounded the capitals Chang ' an and Luoyang still stand, along with their drainage systems of brick arches, ditches, and ceramic water pipes.

* The Pisan City Walls that in the 13th century surrounded the city with 36 towers ( which at the moment only 6 remains ), and the Catalan-Aragonese Castle named Castello di Sassari, demolished in 1877, whose ruins, including some rooms, the basement, and part of a tower were rediscovered in 2008.

In The Outlaw Gods, a novella from the The Mensch With No Name, second book in the Merkabah Rider weird western series, Shub-Niggurath dwells beneath the ruins of Red House a K ' n-yan citadel in the mountains of Arizona, surrounded by dark trees which tear apart trespassers.

The Roman Forum (, ) is a rectangular forum ( plaza ) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome.

Several foundlings appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: most notably Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson ( found as a toddler among the ruins of a caravan party attacked by bandits, surrounded by the bodies of the adults ; Carrot was adopted and raised by the dwarfs who discovered him, and was surprised to learn at age 16-and 6ft 6in tall-that he was not a dwarf ; mounting evidence suggests that Carrot is the scion of the deposed Ankh-Morpork royal family, but he himself has suppressed this as much as possible, considering the role of police captain to be a preferable one in which to safeguard his city and keep order ), also Tomjohn ( rightful heir to the throne of Lancre, rescued from his father's killer by loyal servants, entrusted to the local witches and given to travelling actors to raise ; Tomjohn eventually returns to the kingdom, but does not wish to rule it, preferring to remain an actor ) and Keith ( The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents-ironically, Malicia, obsessed with fairytales, is certain that this makes him likely to be a prince, but Keith explains that it is common in the city to abandon babies outside the Guilds where they are likely to receive care and training in a trade ).

The ruins of Santa Rita is located near the town's Hospital and is surrounded by the villages of San Andres, San Antonio, and Paraiso, by walking distances.

Today, only ruins remain, surrounded by a grassy mound that was once the city walls.

The first site discovered near the ruins of Dos Pilas was El Caobal, located on raised terrain and surrounded by swamp.

Clan Donald has a visitor centre situated next to the ruins of Armadale Castle and surrounded by large gardens, while the nearby Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is a centre of Gaelic learning.

The corporation is headquartered in " Mort City ", a densely populated city-sprawl larger than Eurasia and surrounded by the urban ruins of the " Cannibal Sectors ", all located on a vast planet ( also called " Mort ") that had been stripped of its natural resources to the point that the ecology had been utterly destroyed.

There are ruins of other Roman settlements along the Verde and Guadalmina rivers: Villa Romana on the Rio Verde ( Green River ), the Roman baths at Guadalmina, and the ruins of a Roman villa and an early Byzantine basilica at Vega del Mar, built in the 3rd century and surrounded by a paleo-Christian necropolis, later used as a burial ground by the Visigoths.

Some constructions in the complex are the Qutb Minar, the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, the Alai Gate, the Alai Minar, the Iron pillar, and the tombs of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khilji and Imam Zamin ; surrounded by Jain temple ruins.

The ruins are surrounded by deep ravines dropping off sharply into a tributary of the Pixcaya River.

Another village, Kamalapura, lies just outside the old walled city, but is also surrounded by ruins and monuments.

Salgótarján is surrounded by beautiful forests and hills topped with castle ruins, which are accessible by bus that may be taken from the center of town.

When you pass to the square surrounded with three stoas of the Doric order you will notice the ruins of the temple of Athena, built during the time of Eumenes II in the 3rd century BC.

The ruins of the castle are spread over, surrounded with steep cliffs that drop to the North Sea below.

On the morning after the air raid the rector searched through the dangerous ruins for the missing animals, and eventually found Faith, frightened but safe, surrounded by smouldering rubble and debris but still guarding the kitten in the spot she had selected three days earlier.

It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutub complex.

The latter is surrounded by the ruins of ten smaller subsidiary pyramids.

All that remains are a number of foundations surrounded by scraps of lumber and metal, 3 cemeteries, including one where almost every person buried died on the same date in an avalanche on the gold rush trail, and the ruins of the wharf.

Dombivli was surrounded by the ruins of the following villages.