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Iraq exhibited this Thursday three sculptures of about 2,000 years and that were restored from the damage caused by fighters of the jihadist group calling itself the Islamic State (Daesh).
In the archaeological site of Hatra, classified as World Heritage in danger by UNESCO, the media were able to appreciate the sculpture of a life-size bust, of clear Roman inspiration, but also faces carved on the walls of the great temple of the place.
«Daesh destroyed everything that was important” in Hatraabout 100 kilometers south of Mosul, Ali Obeid Sholgham, a senior official responsible for antiquities, told AFP.
These pieces wereshattered and ripped from its site, and the fragments were found scattered on all four sides of the site,” said Jair al Din Ahmed Naser, head of Antiquities in Nineveh province.
“We recovered some pieces. But, fragments were missing which were replaced by others carved from the same type of stone,” he added.
Built between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC in a desert region, the city of Hatra was an important religious and commercial center under the Persian empire of the deliveries. It had imposing fortifications and was home to magnificent temples, which combined Greek and Roman architecture and elements of Eastern origin.
Daesh posted a video online in 2015 in which its members appeared destroying carved sculptures on the walls of a building in Hatra, shooting at them and smashing a statue with a pickaxe.
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