A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq
A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq
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The monumental Assyrian deity was intentionally buried to keep it safe from looters and attacks by ISIS, and has finally been recovered.
The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.
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I remember when that happened. It's sad to see irreplaceable history being destroyed.
Is it safer now? just bury the head with it that strategy was working
I'll just wait to see it in the British Museum.