ISIS Smashes Priceless, Ancient Statues in Iraq - National Geographic

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFepsWeca2H5PLS8nD2ZCgRiaYWhA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778749385524&ei=pQf5VOinH8nXigaY_oFA&url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/02/150227-islamic-militants-destroy-statues-mosul-iraq-video-archaeology/"><img src="//t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQy_cRWb1vRltDkP0yNqebp7MbFJHCtt TWmBLcbmJaXS84Ti71mI0-P1qLntFIK1BO5EHrqeBdy" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">National Geographic</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFepsWeca2H5PLS8nD2ZCgRiaYWhA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778749385524&ei=pQf5VOinH8nXigaY_oFA&url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/02/150227-islamic-militants-destroy-statues-mosul-iraq-video-archaeology/"><b>ISIS Smashes Priceless, Ancient Statues in Iraq</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">National Geographic</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Similar statues were discovered at three <b>neo</b>-Assyrian cities-Nineveh, Nimrud, and Khorsabad. Known as lamassu in antiquity, they combined the strength of a bull, the swiftness of a bird, and the intelligence of a human, all of which were harnessed to <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=d9cmGXFU1DnUoVM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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