Two millennia later Nineveh was less than ruins. It had become a site completely buried and grown over with grass. The locals called it "the mound of many sheep". Napoleon campers there and had no idea a biblical metropolis had been where he stood.
Much lesson for any country, there is in that.
Two millennia later Nineveh was less than ruins... Much lesson for any country, there is in that.
Yeah -- that 2000 years is a long time for unmaintained buildings that were burnt with fire to still be standing. Not exactly a four leaf clover.