Mosul was built near the remains of the ancient ... huge winged bulls with human heads that had once guarded the palace of Nimrud), a colossal lion, and tablets engraved with cuneiform verses.

Other artefacts from Nimrud have been on display in Mosul and Iraq's capital Baghdad ... it will take 10 years of hard work ...

The Assyrian city of Nineveh, which dates to the 7th Century BC and once hosted palaces, temples and mansions, is on the outskirts of modern Mosul. Alamy The lamassu on the right of the Nergal ...

Archaeologists are restoring ancient treasures in Nimrud, an Assyrian city in Iraq, nearly a decade after its destruction by ...