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 decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq ... Nimrud. "One of the most important ancient sites of the Mesopotamian civilization," according to Kassim, Nimrud is a testament to a golden age of "the ...

A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq ... Nimrud. "One of the most important ancient sites of the Mesopotamian civilisation," according to Kassim, Nimrud is a testament to a golden age of "the ...

The jihadist group was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and the restoration project in Nimrud began a year later, only to be interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It restarted in 2023.

Nimrud (Iraq) (AFP) – A decade after jihadists ransacked ... Nimrud is a testament to a golden age of "the art and architecture of the Assyrian civilisation". The site was first excavated ...

A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site ... civilization," according to Kassim, Nimrud is a testament to a golden age of "the art and architecture of the Assyrian civilization".

NIMRUD, Iraq – A decade after jihadists ransacked ... Nimrud is a testament to a golden age of “the art and architecture of the Assyrian civilisation”. The site was first excavated by ...

The Nimrud site was first excavated in the 19th century and won international recognition. (Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP) Nimrud, Iraq (AFP) -- A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, ...

More than 500 artefacts were found shattered at the site, located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Mosul, the city in northern Iraq ... Nimrud is a testament to a golden age of "the art and ...