Devastated by militants, 3,000-year-old city left to looters
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 02:03
in Paleontology & Archaeology
NIMRUD, Iraq (AP) -- The chilly December wind whipped rain across the strewn wreckage of a city that, nearly 3,000 years ago, ruled almost the entire Middle East. Rivulets of water ran through the dirt, washing away chunks of ancient stone....