Ancient artefacts smashed by jihadists in Iraq will be displayed again following restoration work.
By Yolande KnellThe deliberate cultural vandalism committed by Islamic State militants shocked and appalled the world after they took over Mosul in Iraq in 2014.
The museum, designed by the late Iraqi architect Mohamed Makiya, first opened in 1952 and was meant to tell the rich, diverse history of northern Iraq. Mosul was built near the remains of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh - once the largest city in the world. Major Assyrian monumental works that were badly damaged or destroyed included two lamassus , a colossal lion, and tablets engraved with cuneiform verses.
"We were all shocked by the images," remembers Ariane Thomas, director of the Ancient Near Eastern Antiquities department at the Louvre, who is currently in Mosul. There are efforts to recover dozens of Assyrian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Persian and Roman objects that were looted by IS when it ransacked the museum. These were sold on the black market and used as a source of income.
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