article_snippet: On Monday Iraq’s government began investigating reports that the ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq had been attacked by the so-called Islamic State.
article_snippet: Adel Shirshab, the country's tourism and antiquities minister, said there are concerns the militants had removed artefacts and blown up the site, located nine miles north-east of Mosul.
article_snippet: the ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq .
article_snippet: Saeed Mamuzini, a Kurdish official from Mosul, said militants had already begun demolishing the ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq on Sunday, citing multiple witnesses.
article_snippet: ISIS extremists targeted a museum in Mosul using power drills and sledge hammers to destroy artefacts .
article_snippet: a museum in Mosul using power drills and sledge hammers to destroy artefacts features a city wall with a stone foundation and seven gates.
article_snippet: Since a museum in Mosul using power drills and sledge hammers to destroy artefacts was a single-era capital, few objects linked to King Sargon II were found.
article_snippet: A video released last week also showed them smashing artefacts in the British Museum in London.