NIMRUD, Iraq (Reuters) - In a field outside an ancient palace in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, shattered remains of intricate carvings lie broken in the dust. Remnants of elaborate wall panels and ...

Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture minister Francesco Rutelli described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy. Constructed in the ...

A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments.

A tribal source from the nearby city of Mosul told Reuters the ultra-radical Sunni Islamists, who dismiss Iraq’s pre-Islamic heritage as idolatrous, had pillaged the 3,000-year-old site on the ...

Archaeologists in Nimrud excavated temple looted, ... Archaeologists in Iraq excavated a 2,600-year-old temple and found shrines, a stone monument and written tablets, photos show.

Archaeologists in Nimrud excavated temple looted, ... Archaeologists in Iraq excavated a 2,600-year-old temple and found shrines, a stone monument and written tablets, photos show.

A statue awaiting restoration lies toppled on the ground and covered with a tarp in the ancient Assyrian town of Nimrud, Iraq, May 1, 2025 (Sipa photo by Elisa Gestri via AP Images). Since the ...

Iraqi soldiers began painstaking work on Monday to secure the remains of the 3,000-year-old city of Nimrud, a day after driving out Islamic State militants who overran and ransacked the ancient ...

Italy has donated the reconstructed “Bull of Nimrud” statue to Iraq in a gesture described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy.

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