The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city ...

Two days after the ancient city of Nimrud was retaken by Iraqi forces, the BBC's Richard Galpin was one of the first people to witness the scale of the devastation left behind by so-called Islamic ...

In June 2014, ISIS launched an all-out offensive in northern and western Iraq, seizing large swathes of territory, including ...

The city of Nimrud, known as Calah in the Bible, became the capital of the neo-Assyrian Empire in 883 B.C., under King Ashurnasirpal II. At the end of the seventh century B.C., the empire ...

The Iraqi Minister of Culture stated on Sunday that efforts are being exerted to restore the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq.

Release Date: October 26, 2001 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ancient Nineveh and Nimrud, two of the world's greatest ancient archaeological treasures, are in serious danger of being lost ...

"There are cities such as the ancient city of Nimrud that has been destroyed by almost 80 per cent". "Some of the artefacts such as the Lamassu were hard to restore as they were shattered into ...

IRAQI military forces engaged in the operation to drive Islamic State (Isis) from Mosul confirmed the liberation of the ancient city of Nimrud yesterday. Mosul operational commander Lieutenant-General ...

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Efforts are underway to rebuild the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq which was destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015, Iraq’s culture minister told Rudaw ...