article_snippet.sent: ISIS attack on Iraq's heritage, meanwhile, recently saw Nimrud, once the jewel of Assyria and home to a treasure considered one of the 20th century's main archaeological finds, destroyed by explosives and men armed with power tools.
article_snippet.sent: The subsequent footage shows a massive explosion and The subsequent footage aftermath, suggesting the ruins of Nimrud - which lie on the Tigris about 30 kilometres (18 miles)
article_snippet.sent: Nimrud, founded in the 13th century BC, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in a country often described as the cradle of civilisation. '