A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Salamendacious@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨history@lemmy.world⁩

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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Whisp@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Hopefully religious terrorists don't blow this one up too for worshipping a different god

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- Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I remember when they happened. It’s sad to see irreplaceable history being destroyed.
  
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_lilith@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Is it safer now? just bury the head with it that strategy was working

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bazus1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’ll just wait to see it in the British Museum.

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