Eight large, 2,700-year-old wall reliefs were found in Mosul, Iraq near Mashki Gate. The Assyrian carvings survived attempted destruction by militants in 2016.
When militant group fighters bulldozed the ancient monumental Mashki gate in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016, it was part of the extremists’ systematic destruction of cultural.
MOSULÂ When Daesh group fighters bulldozed the ancient monumental Mashki gate in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016, it was part of the extremists' systematic destruction of cultural heritage.Now, US and Iraqi archaeologists working to reconstruct the site have unearthed extraordinary 2,700-year-old rock carvings among the ruins.They include eight finely made marble bas-relief