A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

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 on Sunday.

Iraq’s famed Nimrud site was ravaged by ISIS fighters in 2014. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures destroyed by IS Updated / Thursday, 9 Jan 2025 08:30 Nimrud was badly damaged as IS fighters swept across Iraq ...

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.

The archaeologists have been carefully reassembling bas-reliefs, sculptures and decorated slabs depicting mythical creatures, which had all graced the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II ...

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. Once the ...

The dais uncovered by Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists at Nimrud (Irak). Credit: Penn Museum During the third excavation season in 2024, researchers uncovered two new shrines within the temple.

The ancient city of Nimrud, near modern-day Mosul, was the magnificent capital of Ashurnasirpal II, the Assyrian king who constructed an enormous palace in the city decorated with bas reliefs and ...