A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq’s famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments.

The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city ...

"Nimrud is the heritage of all of humanity ... About 70 per cent of the collection work has been completed at the Assyrian palace site, with about a year's worth of fieldwork left before ...

Nimrud (Iraq) (AFP ... which had all graced the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II nearly 3,000 years ago. Seen from above, the pieces of the puzzle gradually come together.

The precious pre-Islamic artifacts destroyed by the jihadists are now in pieces, but the archaeologists working in Nimrud are undaunted by the colossal task they face ...

"Nimrud is the heritage of all of humanity ... About 70 percent of the collection work has been completed at the Assyrian palace site, with about a year's worth of fieldwork left before ...

"Nimrud is the heritage of all of humanity ... About 70% of the collection work has been completed at the Assyrian palace site, with about a year's worth of fieldwork left before restoration ...

NIMRUD, Iraq – A decade after jihadists ransacked ... which had all graced the palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II nearly 3,000 years ago. Seen from above, the pieces of the puzzle ...

"Nimrud is the heritage of all of humanity ... About 70 percent of the collection work has been completed at the Assyrian palace site, with about a year's worth of fieldwork left before ...

That art, which once adorned a palace wall, depicts a priest performing ... but so are invading soldiers in antiquity. The city of Nimrud, known as Calah in the Bible, became the capital of ...