Restoration at Iraq's IS-devastated archaeological site underway
STORY: Restoration at Iraq's IS-devastated archaeological site underway
DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:52
LOCATION: MOSUL, Iraq
CATEGORY: CULTURE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the archaeological site of Hatra in Mosul
STORYLINE:
The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage has announced that it was restoring monumental sculptures vandalized by militants of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in the historic city of Hatra in northern Iraq.
In the middle of an Iraqi desert, about 90 km southwest of Nineveh's provincial capital Mosul, Hatra stands with its monumental sculptures and high walls full of inscriptions and watchtowers dating back to 2,000 years ago.
At a ceremony held on Thursday at the archaeological site of Hatra, the State Board of Antiquities revealed some monumental sculptures that have been restored during the past three months by Iraqi experts in cooperation with Italy's International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO), under the sponsorship of the Interna
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