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The story of the most iconic sculpture of ancient Nineveh
The winged-bull was a huge 2,700 year old sculpture that stood guard at the gates of one of the most fabled cities in antiquity - Nineveh, in modern day Mosul, northern Iraq. Militants from the Islamic State group defaced the winged-bull in February 2015, almost a year after seizing control of the city. Kanishk Tharoor tells the story of the bull and the role of Nineveh in the origins of Iraqi archaeology.
First broadcast on Museum of Lost Objects, 29 February 2016.
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