The Founder
Taha Shakir
Hasan Al-Saeed
Prescribing Pharmacist Β· Medical Student Β· Founder, Nineveh Laboratories
My name is Taha, and I'm the founder of Nineveh Laboratories. I'm a UK-based prescribing pharmacist currently studying medicine β so I understand both the science behind supplementation and the importance of evidence-based wellness.
"Over 5,000 years ago, the civilisations of ancient Iraq were documenting the medicinal use of plants like black seed, turmeric, and frankincense on clay tablets in cuneiform script."
The idea for Nineveh Laboratories began with an ancient Mesopotamian herbal text by Barbara BΓΆck. Reading it, I realised something remarkable β over 5,000 years ago, the civilisations of ancient Iraq were documenting the medicinal use of plants like black seed, turmeric, and frankincense on clay tablets in cuneiform script. This was a system of herbal knowledge every bit as rich and sophisticated as traditional Chinese medicine, yet largely lost to time.
Growing up, I spent hours in the British Museum, captivated by the depth of Mesopotamian civilisation β its contribution to writing, law, astronomy, and mathematics. But its impact on medicine was the story nobody was telling. Locked inside cuneiform tablets, waiting to be deciphered, was one of the world's oldest records of plant-based healing.
As a pharmacist with Iraqi heritage, this felt personal. The same ingredients my family had used for generations turned out to have roots stretching back thousands of years β and, increasingly, modern clinical research to support them.
Why Nineveh Laboratories
Nineveh Laboratories exists to bring that forgotten tradition back to life. We pair ancient Mesopotamian ingredients with modern scientific standards β rigorously sourced, transparently dosed, and grounded in published research.
No exaggerated claims. No filler. Just honest supplementation, inspired by 5,000 years of herbal wisdom.
Behind the Name
The City of
Nineveh
Our name pays tribute to the ancient city of Nineveh β once the heart of the Assyrian Empire and home to the great Library of Ashurbanipal. It was within this library, the oldest known collection of its kind, that thousands of cuneiform tablets were gathered and preserved β among them some of the earliest herbal and medicinal texts ever written.
It felt like the only fitting name for a brand dedicated to reviving that forgotten knowledge.
Our Symbol
The cuneiform sign
for water.
π represents the force that made everything possible. It was the great waterways of the Tigris and Euphrates that gave rise to Mesopotamian civilisation itself β nourishing the fertile land, sustaining its people, and allowing its knowledge to flourish.
Water was the beginning. For us, it symbolises the source from which 5,000 years of herbal wisdom first flowed.