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ISIS believed to have bulldozed 2,900-year-old Assyrian ziggurat in Nimrud, Iraq
This DigitalGlobe satellite photo from November 4, 2016 shows the extend of destruction with heavy machinery tracks in Nimrud's Temple of Ishtar and the area where the Ziggurat ruin once stood. Image via ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives Facebook page. This DigitalGlobe satellite photo from August 31, 2016 shows the Ziggurat and Temple of Ishtar at Nimrud still intact. Image via ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives Facebook page.

This DigitalGlobe satellite photo from November 4, 2016 shows the extend of destruction with heavy machinery tracks in Nimrud's Temple of Ishtar and the area where the Ziggurat ruin once stood. Image via ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives Facebook page.
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This DigitalGlobe satellite photo from November 4, 2016 shows the extend of destruction with heavy machinery tracks in Nimrud's Temple of Ishtar and the area where the Ziggurat ruin once stood. Image via ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives Facebook page.