ISIS Demolishes 2,000-Year-Old ‘Gate of God’ in Iraq

The carnage continues in Iraq. ISIS has reported destroyed the Mashqi Gate near the city of Mosul, a 2,000 year-old structure that once guarded the ancient city of Nineveh, which was the largest city in the world in the 7th century BC, as the capital of the Assyrian empire.

The Mishqi Gate guarding the entrance to the ancient city of Nineveh, near modern day Mosul, Iraq lachicaphoto/Creative Commons

The carnage continues in Iraq. 

ISIS has reported destroyed the Mashqi Gate near the city of Mosul, a 2,000 year-old structure that once guarded the ancient city of Nineveh, which was the largest city in the world in the 7th century BC, as the capital of the Assyrian empire.

ISIS is motivated by the belief that the artifacts predating the arrival of Islam are sacrilegious.