Destruction of Mosul Museum artifacts

The antiquities museum in the Iraqi city of Mosul is in ruins. Piles of rubble fill exhibition halls and a massive fire in the building's basement has reduced hundreds of rare books and manuscripts to ankle-deep drifts of ash.

As Iraqi forces fight to take back Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), archaeologists trained by the British Museum are preparing for another battle; trying to save what they can of the city's heritage.

As Iraqi forces fight to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an artist in nearby Arbil is chiseling at clay in a tiny, unheated studio to recreate historic Assyrian monuments destroyed by the group. 

Iraqi archaeologists to be trained in reconstruction of heritage sites under scheme funded by 3 million government grantThe British Museum is to set up a training scheme for Iraqi archaeologists to tackle the aftermath of destruction wrought by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Art Newspaper has reported. 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants hammered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrud, destroying a site dating back to the 13th century B.C., an online militant video purportedly shows.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants at Iraq?s ancient city of Hatra destroyed the archaeological site by smashing sledgehammers into its walls and shooting Kalashnikov assault rifles at priceless statues, a new militant video purportedly from the group shows.
                   

ISIS doesn’t feel it caused enough damages to ancient sculptures in Northern Iraq. The Jihadists once more attack history itself, by breaking and destroying pieces of art from ancient times in Nimrud, Mosul.

According to Iraqi authorities the archaeological finds near the Tiger river which ISIS has destroyed were dated back to the 13th century BC.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants armed with sledgehammers and jackhammers have destroyed priceless ancient artefacts in Iraq's city of Mosul, a video released by the jihadists on Feb. 26 shows.