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Post  Lamplighter Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:17 pm

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/islamic-state-group-defaces-ancient-nimrud-site-in-iraq/
It was the latest in a series of attacks on ancient structures and artifacts in Syria and Iraq that the Islamic State group has destroyed in the name of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law.

By ANNE BARNARD, The New York Times

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State militant group attacked the ancient archaeological site of Nimrud in northern Iraq and damaged it with heavy vehicles, Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Thursday.

It was the latest attack on ancient structures and artifacts in Syria and Iraq that the group has destroyed in the name of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law. Last week, Islamic State group militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh. The militants captured the city during its offensive blitz through much of Iraq in June.

“The terrorist gangs of ISIS are continuing to defy the will of the world and the feelings of humanity after they committed a new crime that belongs to its idiotic series,” the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page, referring to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh.

Nimrud is the sprawling site of a city founded by the Assyrian King Shalmenser I, who died in 1245 B.C.

Among the most impressive objects at Nimrud are the colossal statues known as “lamassu,” mythological creatures that depict either lions or winged bulls with bearded human heads. Pairs of the 17-ton statues are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the British Museum in London.

The destruction recalled the Taliban’s annihilation of large Buddha statues in Afghanistan more than a dozen years ago, experts said.

Many of the massive Nimrud statues remain buried at the site. But the Islamic State group video from the Mosul Museum clearly shows at least one statue from Nimrud being defaced. The site has many areas that archaeologists have not yet explored.

George Papagiannis, the UNESCO world heritage officer in charge in Iraq from 2009 to 2011, said the loss of any artifacts from Nimrud is a blow to historical preservation.

“These extremists are trying to destroy the entire cultural heritage of the region in an attempt to wipe the slate clean and rewrite history in their own brutal image,” he said.

He added that Nimrud was recently nominated by the Iraqi government to be placed on UNESCO’s list of world-heritage sites, locations chosen for their “universal value.”

Ihsan Fethi, a member of the Iraqi Architects Society who has been tracking the destruction of heritage sites, said, “I cannot even describe the immensity of this loss.” He added: “This is one of the most famous and probably one of the most important sites in the world.”

Nimrud is also famous for its bas-reliefs and steles that depict scenes of war and hunting, and fantastical figures such as bird-headed genies. Many of those are in museums. Nimrud also was the site of extensive excavations that yielded carved ivory, jewelry, crowns and other artifacts that are stored in the archaeological museum in Baghdad, which in recent days reopened to the public.

The Nimrud site itself has suffered since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, when it was virtually abandoned as Iraqi state structures collapsed. Looters stole and damaged many sculptures. However, Fethi said, the site was partially safeguarded by its remote location, and until now its major structures were in good condition.

“Leaving these gangs without punishment will encourage them to eliminate human civilization entirely, especially the Mesopotamian civilization, which cannot be compensated,” the ministry added in its statement.

It called on the U.N. Security Council to come to Iraq’s aid.
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Post  bb1 Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:20 pm

It called on the U.N. Security Council to come to Iraq’s aid.

Now, THAT is sensible. So it won't happen.
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Post  lily Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:19 pm

That will be truly tragic if they don't come to help keep the remainder of Nineveh's treasures from destruction.
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Post  bb1 Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:53 am

http://archaeologicalnews.tumblr.com/post/113722793111/ancient-statues-destroyed-by-isis-in-mosul-were

Ancient statues smashed by Islamic State (Isis) militants were plaster replicas, and the originals are safely stored in a Baghdad museum, said the institution’s director.

A video released in February by the extremist Sunni organisation appeared to show militants in Mosul smashing 1,000 year-old Assyrian and Akkadian statues, drawing condemnation from the international community.

But the head of the antiquity department in Iraq’s cultural heritage authority, Fawzye al-Mahdi, told German news programme Deutsche Welle that “none of the artifacts are originals”.

"They were copies. The originals are all here," Baghdad Museum’s director told the broadcaster.
The claims echo those made by experts after the video was released, with Mark Altaweel of the Institute of Archaeology at University College, London, telling Channel 4 news that the reason why IS was able to destroy the statues so easily is because they were made out of plaster.

"You can see iron bars inside," he pointed out "The originals don't have iron bars."

However, some of the statues are believed to be originals.

Mosul's exiled governor Atheel Nuafi told Iraqi media that, "There were two items that were real and which the militants destroyed. One is a Winged Bull and the other was the God of Rozhan," reports Al Arabiya.

The Winged Bull, which is seen being smashed with sledgehammers in the video, is probably one which stood at the gates of Nineveh in the 7th century.

"I think the Winged Bull is very important locally, because it's one of the few objects that hasn't left the country or gone to Baghdad," said Eleanor Robson, chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq.

According to the hardline Salafist doctrine which IS adheres to, the worship of idols is forbidden, and IS has destroyed a number of ancient sites, as well as Shia shrines and Christian churches in Mosul.



I wouldn't be in the least surprised if the REAL WInged Bull is also in one piece, in the possession of some mega-rich scumbag like Soros.
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Post  Lamplighter Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:07 pm

I saw this on either Austrian or German TV, some time ago where it was pointed out that the iron bars obviously made the statues copies.  There is a Winged Bull in the British Museum - the commentator on the program opined that he was sure most or perhaps all the artifacts were hidden, rather like what happened in Cairo when the rioters trashed the Museum only to destroy some minor pieces.   LL  
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/c/colossal_winged_bull.aspx
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Post  bb1 Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:09 pm


But the head of the antiquity department in Iraq’s cultural heritage authority, Fawzye al-Mahdi, told German news programme Deutsche Welle that “none of the artifacts are originals”.


Maybe that was what you saw, LL?

I would personally be surprised if ANYTHING that could be moved was left for looters, crazies and general scum to get their paws on in Iraq, after they lost so much after the invasion.

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Post  Lamplighter Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:21 pm

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But the head of the antiquity department in Iraq’s cultural heritage authority, Fawzye al-Mahdi, told German news programme Deutsche Welle that “none of the artifacts are originals”.


Maybe that was what you saw, LL?

I would personally be surprised if ANYTHING that could be moved was left for looters, crazies and general scum to get their paws on in Iraq, after they lost so much after the invasion.
Sorry, confused. What I was saying was that the major artifacts had already been taken away to safety, what was left were either copies or very minor objects, for instance in Egypt basic ushabtis were deliberately left behind to make the looters imagine they had got hold of cash-worthy items. I think the prophet (PBH) would definitely NOT approve of the way IS uses the religion he founded to rape, pillage, murder and destroy things he would have seen in his lifetime. LL
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