Exploration of the palace and its ruins continued this year. But the Penn Museum researchers were anxious to expand their work to encompass the obliterated grounds of Nimrud's Temple of Ishtar, which ...

The photo taken on June 13, 2019 shows the destroyed gate of Ashurnasirpal Palace at archeological site of Nimrud, Iraq. Covered with thick layer of wild weeds, massive destruction of ancient palaces, ...

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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 (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. The ...

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.

As in Nimrud and Palmyra, jihadists have destroyed ancient ruins in Hatra and Mosul. Yet in Nimrud, no systematic inventory has been made of the damage since Iraqi forces recaptured the city.

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 (AP) — Islamic State extremists have destroyed the ancient site of Nimrud almost beyond recognition, and left its ruins vulnerable to thieves and further damage, according to the ...

It’s estimated up to 70 percent of the city may have been destroyed. Until it was overrun by the extremists in 2015, locals living near Nimrud had guarded the ruins.