1.8km
Total Distance
18m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A walk among the ruins of Nimrud, the great Assyrian capital of Kalhu southeast of Mosul on the Tigris plain. Mounds and reconstructed gateways mark the palaces once guarded by winged bulls. A haunting site of one of the oldest empires in the world.

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Difficulty

2/5 · Easy