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How ISIS Reduced the Ancient World of Nimrud to Rubble

Dust To Dust

Video showing Isis destroying Nimrud, one of the world’s oldest antiquities, has surfaced. Fortunately, many of its objects still survive in museums.

Justin Jones
Justin Jones
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