A video released on Thursday by ISIS shows members of the terrorist organization destroying ancient Assyrian artifacts at the Mosul Museum and the nearby Nineveh archaeological site. “The prophet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Italy has donated a ...

A member of ISIS destroying an ancient Assyrian lamassu (all images are stills from the infamous ISIS video unless otherwise noted) One week ago the world was shocked by a five-minute video posted ...

An ancient lamassu was excavated after it was buried in Iraq, officials said. Mustafa Yahya and Alaa Thamer via Iraq's General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage More than 2,700 years ago, ...

Ordinary people weren’t the only victims of ISIS. The terror group also waged war on humanity’s cultural heritage, destroying ancient libraries, monuments, and ...

A photograph shared to social media in March 2025 showed a large, partially buried headless statue alongside excavators. With hooved feet and a winged body, the "massive 2,700-year-old" statue was ...

The Islamic State group on Saturday released a video that shows militants smashing artefacts at the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq before blowing up the site. The undated video ...

View post: Two '80s Icons Have Hit the Billboard Top 10 Together For the First Time in Nearly 25 Years Archaeologists working in the ancient city of Nineveh—now Mosul, Iraq—have unearthed a gigantic ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture ...