Iraqi forces retake ancient Assyrian village of Nimrud, Iraqi military says – CNN
CNNIraqi forces retake ancient Assyrian village of Nimrud, Iraqi military saysCNN(CNN) For centuries, the massive Assyrian city in Northern Iraq lay buried beneath the sands of time, forgotten by history. Archeologists first began excavating Nimrud — built nearly 3,000 years ago — in the 1840s. In the decades that followed, they …Iraqi Troops …