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A file picture taken on July 17, 2001 shows Iraqi workers cleaning an archaeological site in Nimrud. (AFP Photo/Karim Sahib)


ISIS militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city

ISIS militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city

by | Mar 6, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said, in their latest assault on some of the world’s greatest archaeological and cultural treasures. A tribal...