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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

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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