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Iraq: The ancient site of Nimrud, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is destroyed with explosives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS, DA'ESH), March 2015

Nimrud is the later Arab name for an ancient Assyrian city located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BCE and 610 BCE.

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Iraq: The ancient site of Nimrud, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is destroyed with explosives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS, DA'ESH), March 2015

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Nimrud is the later Arab name for an ancient Assyrian city located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BCE and 610 BCE.

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2015 • ANCIENT CITY • ARCHITECTURE • ASIA • ASIAN • ASSYRIA • ASSYRICAN • CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY • DAESH • FUNDAMENTALISM • ICONOCLASM • IRAK • IRAQ • IRAQI • ISIL • ISIS • ISLAM • ISLAMIC STATE GROUP • ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT • ISLAMISM • MIDDLE EAST • MOSUL • MUSLIM WORLD • MUSLIM • NIMRUD • RELIGION • SALAFISM • UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE • VANDALISM • WAR CRIME