It is notable that the Islamic State released this propaganda, to assert their religious purity through their commitment to cultural destruction, immediately after the were exposed for making a deal with Turkey and not destroying Suleyman Shah\u2019s tomb.<\/p>\n
Last June, it was rumoured and mistakenly reported that the Islamic State had \u2018destroyed ancient masterpieces, including the rare Assyrian winged bull\u2019 at Nineveh Museum. This time, they\u2019ve done it — at Mosul Museum and the Nergal Gate to Nineveh [the Nergal Gate Museum at Nineveh]. You can stream or download the mp4 (or watch it on YouTube\/YouTube archive).<\/p>\n
But if, like other sensible people, you don\u2019t want to boost the web traffic to their pornography of violence — which they try to advertise as Islamic although they also preserve \u201cheretical\u201d, \u201cidolatrous\u201d things as long as they profit from them — I\u2019ve taken screenshots from the video for verification and analysis. Christopher Jones, at the Gates of Nineveh, has ongoing, historically-informed coverage of this and other destruction, including Assessing the Damage at the Mosul Museum, Part 1: the Assyrian Artifacts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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