I can’t let the day
pass without noting the continuing programme of destruction at the Assyrian
city of Nimrud in northern Iraq.
The actions are being
referred to as the razing of Nimrud - which comes just a week after sledgehammers
were used to obliterate stone sculptures and other important artefacts in the
Mosul Museum. Books and manuscripts were
also burned.
Many of the artefacts
found at Nimrud had already been moved to museums in Baghdad and overseas, but sadly
many remain on site.
Nimrud is a 13th century
BC Assyrian archaeological site which lies on the Tigris river, about 30km (18
miles) south-east of Mosul. It was one
of the most important cities of the Assyrian empire and served as the main
residence for the dynasty’s kings until 727 BC.
UNESCO notes that the
site, first known as Kahlka, was originally founded more than 3,300 years ago.
We have to be thankful
that many videos, photographs and records exist so that we know something of what
was there.
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