A 3,000-year-old city wrecked by militants, left for looters
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 01:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
NIMRUD, Iraq (AP) -- The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the king from evil, but now their stone remains are piled in the dirt, victims of the Islamic State group's fervor to erase history....