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Tut's tomb during the iraq war. on the face it appears the destruction of the city has little if any military value, and is about isis' view of islam if anything. they go back to 700 bc and the royal tombs were discovered in the 1980s and studied since then. the destruction of the city follows the history of blowing up any sight in their mind that is not islamic enough regardless of the significance to the rest of the world. this is a video of them hitting up a museum with sludge hammers. this comes as the fight for hussein's home town. isis still controls the airport at last report and they a...

One militant explains that god ordered them to destroy the artifacts. let's get more on this. ben wedeman is in erbil, iraq with more. what does that mean? god ordered them to destroy the artifacts. are you getting a clearer sense on what they actually destroyed? >> reporter: well, as far as what they destroyed, we do see a variety of things. statues being knocked over. other artifacts being thrown to the floor. what we know is original, it's not a replica, are famous winged bulls. in this video you see a man using a drill to deface one of them. they date back to 700 b.c. an iconic image that'...

Of islam. all idols must be destroyed. particularly anything that predates islam. he said god ordered us to do this and we will do it. we will destroy these idols and statues and antiquities. even if they are worth billions of dollars. you see in the video first men toppling statues in the mosul museum. then smashing them with sledgehammers. you see them in another clip someone with a drill defacing the iconic symbol of iraq itself. the winged bulls of nineva. these date back to 700 bc. obviously not only within the world of archiveingarchiving.

Pedestals. they smashed to the floor. after that we see other men with sledge hammers breaking them into pieces. then we see in a different location what appears to be a man using a drill to deface the famous winged bulls of nineveh which date back to 700 b.c. now, during this video there's a man who's not identified who explains that the reason they're doing this is that these were statues and idols built or made by people many centuries ago who did not worship god. and he says that god has ordered us to destroy idols, even if they're worth billions of dollars. however, when you look closely ...

Prospects in life. this is a guy who had options in life. he chose this. that's going to get to isis recruits as well. >> brian, thank you very much. despite punishing new air strikes, there is more evidence that isis is tightening its grip. shocking new video of isis thugs gleefully destroying ancient artifacts at an iraqi museum. there are shocking new details of the mass kidnapping of christian villagers in syria. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's got more. >> reporter: billions of dollars of valuable history destroyed and a new horrifying assault on christianity. ...