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Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/islamic-state-blows-up-ancient-assyrian-temple-nimrud-northern-iraq-mosul/27789798.html

Islamic State Blows Up Ancient Assyrian Temple in Northern Iraq

(Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty) Islamic State posted a video that shows it blowing up a 3,000-year-old temple in the Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq - the group's latest assault on a priceless archaeological treasure. The UN confirmed on June 9 that satellite imagery showed "extensive damage to the main entrance" of the temple of Nabu, the Babylonian god of wisdom. The group considers all pre-Islamic culture idolatrous.

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