Sources in Mosul, from Nimrud which is approx. 30 km, reported that the jihadists First “robbed the place of valuable objects, and then proceeded to the equation it to the ground” using military vehicles and bulldozers.
It clarifies the position of the scale of the devastation Nimrud. Many discovered treasures have been moved to museums, but large exhibits were still at the site excavations. Local tribes have reported that the Islamists destroyed statues and the walls of the castle and the old town.
The ancient city was founded in the thirteenth century BC on the east bank of the Tigris River. According to OWN, discovered during archaeological work here remnants of the citadel, ziguratu, temples and palaces 5. The interiors were decorated including among other things great sculptures portal depicting lions and winged bulls with human heads. Ruins in the mid-nineteenth century British explorer discovered Austen Henry Layard.
Statuta from Nimrud in the British Museum, Wikimedia / Puiblic Domain
Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism on Facebook stressed that the members of the IS destruction of antiquities “challenge to the world and humanity.” Authorities call for the convening of the UN Security Council to discuss the possibility of saving heritage in Iraq.
Last week, the radical group showed a video in which the fighters break hammers priceless collection of statues and sculptures from the time of the Assyrian, located in the museum in Mosul. Unidentified man says in the video that the monuments were destroyed, because they promote idolatry.
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