In 2015, the ancient Assyrian city of Kalhu (Nimrud) in present-day Iraq—once a jewel of human civilization—was devastated by Islamic State. Palaces, statues, and intricate carvings that had survived for nearly 3,000 years were smashed and blown apart 🏛️💔. These were not just objects, but priceless echoes of a lost world—art, history, and identity carved in stone.They were destroyed because they were labeled “un-Islamic.” To an extremist ideology, anything tied to a different past or belief ha

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Relief of King Ashurbanipal With Assyrian Gods Unearthed in Ancient Nineveh - GreekReporter.com