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Neo-Assyrian Empire

Some of the art at risk in Nimrud.

‘When I heard that ISIS is bulldozing the ancient city of Nimrud, I cried’

Culture

Iraq says ISIS has begun bulldozing the ancient city of Nimrud, once the capital of the Assyrian Empire, near Mosul. If true, it would be an enormous loss and an attack on the shared heritage of humanity.

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