In a field outside an ancient palace in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, shattered remains of intricate carvings lie broken in the dust.
In a field outside an ancient palace in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, some 19 miles southeast of Iraq's Mosul, shattered remains of intricate carvings lie broken in the dust. (Photos: AP)- (Photos: AP)
- Carefully engraved feathers can still be seen on one of them, lying close to what appears to be a foot of one of the mythical carved creatures. Several tablet fragments seem to contain symbols from cuneiform, an ancient Semitic language. (Photos: AP)
- (Photo: AP)
- Until two years ago, when Islamic State militants swept through northern Iraq, ransacking ancient cities, religious sites and palaces which the ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim zealots deem idolatrous. (Photo: AP)
- Carved stone slabs which were destroyed by ISIS militants. (Photos: AP)
- (Photos: AP)
In a field outside an ancient palace in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, some 19 miles southeast of Iraq’s Mosul, shattered remains of intricate carvings lie broken in the dust. (Photos: AP)
In a field outside an ancient palace in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, shattered remains of intricate carvings lie broken in the dust.
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