Young people wearing traditional dress dance in Iraq in February 2017 as part of a community event celebrating cultural and faith differences. Credit: courtesy of the Iraqi al-Amani Association ...
Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large areas of Iraq and neighbouring Syria in 2014.
A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ancient Assyrian Empire, for a third year of excavations, the Penn Museum ...