Isis militants will destroy archaeological treasures in Nimrud ?

February 27, 2015

Isis militants have targeted the remains of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud for destruction after filming themselves smashing statues and artefacts in the Mosul Museum. The men, who used sledgehammers and electric drills to destroy archaeological treasures, are said to have told bystanders that they would continue their work of destruction in Nimrud.

Once one of the great cities of the Assyrian Empire, 2,500 years ago, Nimrud lies within Isis-held territory east of the Tigris river, 30 miles south of Mosul. Archaeologists are worried that the Isis video released on Thursday, showing the destruction of the antiquities and denouncing them as idols and against Islam, will encourage mass looting of the remains of ancient cities and palaces across northern Iraq and eastern Syria.

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