NIMRUD, IRAQ — Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the world's best-selling fiction writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.

When the Islamic State militant group captured parts of Northern Iraq in 2014, it declared war on the ancient city of Nimrud. Though reclaimed by Iraqi forces last November, the ruins have been ...

NIMRUD, IRAQ (Reuters) - Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the world's best-selling fiction writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.

NIMRUD, Iraq (AP) — Nearly a month into the fight to retake Mosul, government forces pushed Islamic State militants out of nearby Nimrud, home to some of Iraq’s richest archaeological treasures.

Iraqi officials say that ISIS extremists have used heavy vehicles to demolish more ancient artifacts in Iraq, this time razing the Assyrian site of Nimrud. Nimrud, 20 miles south of Mosul, is home ...

Islamic State militants hammered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrud, destroying a site dating back to the 13th century B.C., an online ...

History in ruins: New pictures reveal how ISIS savages have reduced the ancient site of Nimrud to rubble The city, founded in the 13th century, had been under ISIS control since 2014 ...

An Iraqi army soldier walks across the ancient ruins of Nimrud after its recapture from ISIS, November 15. The group destroyed monuments that were around 3,000 years old.

Nimrud was city in Assyrian kingdom, which flourished between 900 B.C. and 612 B.C. ISIS has destroyed other ancient sites in Iraq, home of some of earliest civilizations ...

Among the ruins are the grand palace of Ashurnasirpal II, as well as the temples of Nabu, the god of writing and the arts, and other temples. Among the most significant discoveries at Nimrud were ...

Ancient city of Nimrud in ruins 11/16/2016 November 16, 2016 "Islamic State" militants had leveled the ancient Assyrian capital before the Iraqi army retook the city earlier this week.

By Isabel Coles NIMRUD, Iraq (Reuters) - Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the best-selling crime writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.