Surveying Islamic State’s destruction of Nimrud
Unlike Palmyra, the heart of the Assyrian empire has been reduced to rubble
A member of Iraqi army walks at the remains of wall panels and colossal statues of winged bulls, destroyed by Islamic State militants in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, south of Mosul, Iraq. Photograph: Ari Jalal/Reuters
Syria’s Greco-Roman city of Palmyra survived the assault of Islamic State, but it was a different story for Nimrud, the Assyrian city liberated by the Iraqi army last weekend.