IS bent upon destroying Iraq’s heritage in Nimrud

#Nimrud #ISIS #Ashurnasirpal #Assyria #Mosul IS militants are behaving like a bull in a China shop and want to rewrite history by destroying existing monuments in ancient Iraq – in their latest attack, they have made use of heavy military vehicles to bulldoze the country's historical heritage. This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 6 March 2015.
It seems the jihadists have gone on the rampage in the city of Nimrud in northern Iraq and have smashed up 3,000 year-old winged statues that are placed at the gates of the Palace of Ashurnasirpal. Nimrud is an ancient city and the second capital of Assyria which was an ancient kingdom that began in 900BC. It is partially in modern-day Iraq. The city on the Tigris River had been destroyed in 612 BC and is located just south of Mosul, which had been captured by ISIS last June.
It may be recalled that in the late 1980s treasures had been discovered in Nimrud's royal tombs and it was hailed as one of the 20th century's most significant archaeological finds.
The attack on Nimrud has come soon after the ISIS had targeted a museum in Mosul where they used power drills and sledgehammers to destroy artefacts.
The militants have already destroyed the Mosque of the Prophet Younis - or Jonah - and the Mosque of the Prophet Jirjis, two revered ancient shrines in Mosul. This they had done last year. They had also threatened to destroy Mosul's 850-year old Crooked Minaret, but did not succeed because the residents rose as one to surround the structure in order to prevent the militants.
Their actions of the ISIS have sparked a global outrage.

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