In June 2014, ISIS launched an all-out offensive in northern and western Iraq, seizing large swathes of territory, including ...

(250324) -- MOSUL, March 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 18, 2025 shows destroyed carved stones at the ...

ISIS militants began a full-scale attack in northern and western Iraq in June 2014, taking control of vast areas of land, ...

Release Date: October 26, 2001 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ancient Nineveh and Nimrud, two of the world's greatest ancient archaeological treasures, are in serious danger of being lost ...

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This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. When British archaeologist Max Mallowan investigated the neo-Assyrian site of Nimrud in northern Iraq, he got help from ...