article_snippet: the city of Nimrud in northern Iraq northern Iraq pictured before the city of Nimrud in northern Iraq was bulldozed by ISIS militants using military vehicles .
article_snippet: the city of Nimrud in northern Iraq was the second capital of Assyria, an ancient kingdom that began in 900BC, partially in present day Iraq, and became a great regional power.
article_snippet: In the late 1980s the discovery of treasures in Nimrud's royal tombs was one of the 20th century's most significant archaeological finds.
article_snippet: After Iraq was invaded in 2003, archaeologists were relieved to find the treasures had been hidden in the country's central bank inside a vault submerged in sewage water.
highlights_snippet: ISIS has bulldozed the ancient Iraq city of Nimrud with military vehicles .
  