When U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed [1] ISIS out of Nimrud last week, they found 70 percent [2] of the 3,000-year-old Assyrian village razed and its 140-foot tall mud brick ziggurat [3], which is considered one of ancient Mesopotamia’s most spectacular structures, “reduced to a pile of dirt.” “The destruction was worse than we thought,” Iraqi Ministry of Culture General Director Qais Hussein said [4], adding that “it’s a huge loss to Iraqi heritage” and to world history. After two years of occupation by ISIS, much of Nimrud , including what is widely believed to be the world’s first library, has...