A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ancient Assyrian Empire, for a third year of excavations, the Penn Museum ...
“The 9th division of the Iraqi army has liberated the town of Nimrud completely and raised the Iraqi flag over its buildings after the enemy suffered heavy casualties.” The town is near the famed ...
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 ...