By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:The Iraqi ministry of tourism and antiquities announced on their facebook page that ISIS was destroying archeological sites.
ISIS destroyed the ancient archaeological site Nimrud also known as the biblical city of Nimrod named after the character from Genesis 10.
Nimrud was one of the capitals of the Assyrian Empire. It was there that Sannacherib built his palace. In the ancient world there was always movement from Nimrud to Nineveh which is less than miles away. They were like sister cities.
Nineveh is the famous biblical city found in the book of Jonah.
ISIS destroyed Nineveh just last year and now they have destroyed Nimrud. According to the Iraqi government ISIS bulldozed the site.
This is such an amazing site that major sections of the site were moved to London to be housed in the British Museum where they have been since the 1840's.
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