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2. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleExclusive Photos Show Destruction of Nineveh Gates by ISIS

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   Apr 19, 2016 · Deliberate destruction of monuments by ISIS has been recorded since the Islamic militants first seized Mosul in June 2014. A mosque dedicated to the prophet Jonah inside the walls of Nineveh was ...

3. www.independent.co.uk › news › worldIsis fighters' destruction of Nineveh Gates captured in ...

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   Isis fighters' destruction of Nineveh Gates captured in before and after photos. Isis have already devastated Mosul museum in addition to destroying the city's libraries, obliterating manuscripts ...

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   Did Isis destroy two gates in Iraq's ancient city of Nineveh?

   • Members of ISIS have destroyed two large gates in Iraq’s ancient city of Nineveh, which once served as the capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire.

   ISIS Destroys Two Gates in Ancient City of Nineveh [UPDATED]

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   Who built Nineveh?

   • The citizens of the surrounding city of Mosul consider themselves descendants of the ancient Assyrians who built Nineveh. National Geographic has received exclusive photographs that appear to confirm the destruction of the Mashki and Adad Gates by the Islamic State (ISIS) at the ancient site of Nineveh in Iraq. ( Why does ISIS hate archaeology?)

   Exclusive Photos Show Destruction of Nineveh Gates by ISIS

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   What happened to the Mashki gate in Nineveh?

   • The Mashki Gate was one of the largest in Nineveh, and was an icon of the city's size and power. The gate was reconstructed in the 1970s, but was destroyed with a bulldozer by IS militants in 2016. The militant group ransacked and demolished several ancient sites that pre-date Islam in Iraq, denouncing them as symbols of "idolatry".

   Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq

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   Was Nineveh a place of recent destruction?

   • The unlikely site of the remarkable discovery is a place of recent destruction. During a campaign of terror across northern Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017, the Islamic State targeted the ancient city of Nineveh. At its height around 700 B.C., it was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire and the largest city in the world.

   Stunning ancient artwork found at site attacked by ISIS

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5. www.cnn.com › style › articleArchaeologists restoring ISIS damage in Iraq discover ... - CNN

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   CNN —. Archaeologists in northern Iraq have uncovered some extraordinary Assyrian rock carvings dating back around 2,700 years. The discovery was made in Nineveh, east of Mosul, by a joint US ...

6. www.nationalgeographic.com › magazine › historyStunning ancient artwork found at site attacked by ISIS

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   Oct 28, 2022 · A member of a joint Iraq-U.S. archaeological team gently brushes dirt from a carved stone panel last seen some 2,600 years ago at the Mashki Gate at the ancient site of Nineveh near Mosul.

7. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-middle-east-63323825Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq - BBC

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   Oct 20, 2022 · The Mashki Gate was one of the largest in Nineveh, and was an icon of the city's size and power. The gate was reconstructed in the 1970s, but was destroyed with a bulldozer by IS militants in 2016.

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8. hyperallergic.com › 293232 › isis-destroys-two-gatesISIS Destroys Two Gates in Ancient City of Nineveh [UPDATED]

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   Apr 26, 2016 · Claire Voon April 26, 2016. View of the Mashki Gate prior to its destruction (photo via Wikipedia) Members of ISIS have destroyed two large gates in Iraq’s ancient city of Nineveh, which once ...

9. www.britishmuseum.org › blog › sparking-imaginationSparking the imagination: the rediscovery of Assyria's great ...

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   Feb 1, 2019 · The Museum's current major exhibition explores the life of Assyria's last great king, Ashurbanipal. Hugely powerful, Ashurbanipal ruled what was at the time the largest empire on earth but, within a few decades of his death, his empire had collapsed and his capital city burnt to the ground. George Woolliscroft Rhead after Ford Madox Brown, The ...