Template:Did you know nominations/Assyrian sculpture
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:12, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
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Assyrian sculpture
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"Winged genie" relief, c. 870 BC
- ... that destruction of ancient Assyrian sculpture by ISIS is reported to have increased in late 2016 with the Mosul offensive? Source: Browne, Gareth, "Isis flattened ancient capital after shipping out its treasures" in The Times (London), 19 November 2016 says that the most serious damage to Nimrud was done in late 2016, as the allied forces moved to retake Mosul.
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 03:42, 23 November 2016 (UTC).
: (somewhat strangely) new enough, long enough, with ample citations, compliant images and hook, verified to source; good to go, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 23:11, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
