Rebuilding Nimrud will help atone for the sins of the west | Simon Jenkins

The tragedy in Iraq results from our imposition of western values. It is our duty to make amends

The destruction of the Assyrian city of Nimrud is a catastrophe for Iraq and for our shared cultural history. Peoples come and go, drifting in the mists of time. These relics were the rocks of ages. The bulldozing by Islamic State of Nineveh, the flattening of Hatra, the demolition in Raqqa and now the destruction of Nimrud wipe from the map what were the great precursor cities of the European era....