A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq | Artnet News
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The monumental Assyrian deity was intentionally buried to keep it safe from looters and attacks by ISIS, and has finally been recovered.

The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.