ISIS fighters bulldoze ancient Assyrian palace in Iraq.

Reported demolition at Nimrud comes less than a week after a video was released showing destruction at Mosul Museum.

ISIL's war on art across the cradle of civilisationIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters have used a bulldozer to start destroying a 3,000-year-old Assyrian palace near Mosul in Iraq, archeologists and other sources have told Al Jazeera.
The reported demolition at Nimrud on Thursday comes less than a week after video was released showing ISIL fighters destroying ancient artefacts in the Mosul Museum.
"They came at midday with a bulldozer and started destroying it," said an Iraqi official, referring to the ancient Assyrian palace 20km southeast of Mosul.
In the late 1980s, Iraqi archaeologists discovered a tomb there with one of the richest troves of ancient gold jewellery ever found.ISIL video shows destruction of Mosul artefacts
Until Thursday, the palace contained intricate stone reliefs and winged bull statues known as lamassu.
The ISIL video last week showed the destruction of artefacts in the Mosul Museum and statues at the palace at Ninevah, within Mosul city limits. ISIL fighters then told city residents they planned to move on to Nimrud next.
ISIL has not yet released video footage of Thursday's demolition.

al jazeerah.


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