Iraq says ISIS demolishes ruins to cover up looting operations

Experts speculate that large pieces are destroyed for the benefit of the cameras, while more portable items are smuggled to dealers in Turkey

Iraqi city of Nimrud stood for 3,000 years, until ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released a new video showing what appears to be the terror group's destruction of an ancient city in Iraq.

Islamic State militants damage Hatra archaeological site with sledgehammers

Footage purports to show IS extremists damaging a UNESCO World Heritage site in Hatra, Iraq with sledgehammers and assault rifles

Mosul is an Endangered Historic City!

by Ihsan Fethi

"There are many lessons to be learnt by the world from this new type of conflict where it involves the high jacking of a historic city by terrorists with fierce disregard for history."

Satellite Images Don’t Lie

by Stephen H. Savage

What it’s like to be an archaeologist watching ISIS and other groups destroy important sites in the Middle East.

Destruction of Iraq Artifacts Shocks Archaeologists

The Mosul Museum is the latest target of the group’s campaign of terror and destruction, and is of grave concern to archaeologists around the world.

Can we save history from ISIS vandals?

Several research groups are using technology and local contacts to try and document and save some of the treasures.

ISIS’ archaeological destruction creates a new Dark Age

The barbarians of the Islamic State, or ISIS, and its ancillary hordes are pulverizing and plundering millennia-old heritage sites, museums, and ancient artwork across Syria and Iraq.

Isis ransacking of ancient Assyrian city confirmed by Iraq's head of antiquities

Attack on Dur-Sharrukin, the latest by group on country’s heritage, comes as Brussels calls for creation of safe havens for Iraqi minorities

Via Satellite, Tracking The Plunder Of Middle East Cultural History

"It's a new way to monitor a conflict, it's not just peeking in, but seeing images every couple of days."

Meet the "Monuments Men" Risking Everything to Save Syria's Ancient Treasures From ISIS

Al-Azm and his Monuments Men were propelled into action in late 2012.

Scholar calls ISIS destruction of antiquities an example of ethnic cleansing

In an interview Zainab Bahrani, professor of Near Eastern and East Mediterranean art and archeology at Columbia University, says it’s an attack on diversity.

New ISIS video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts

The five-minute video shows a group of bearded men inside the Mosul Museum using hammers and drills to destroy several large statues, which are then shown chipped and in pieces.