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1 | Outrage as ISIS Destroys Ancient Assyrian City | Fahatafintohinana Noho Ny Nandravan'ny ISIS Ny Tanàna Ntaolo Assyriana |
2 | Nimrud Lamassu [Assyrian Protective Deity] at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal (Photo from Wikipedia) | Nimrud Lamassu [Adriamanitra Assyriana Mpiaro] eo Avaratra Andrefan'ny Lapan'i Asornasirpala (Sary avy amin'ny Wikipedia) |
3 | At the time of writing, the extent of the damage can not be independently verified by local authorities, but in a statement published online, Iraq's Tourism and Antiquity Ministry accused ISIS of defying “the will of the world and the feelings of humanity”: | Tamin'ny fotoana nanoratana, tsy mbola azon'ny manampahefana ao an-toerana nohamarinina ny haben'ny fahapotehana, saingy tao amin'ny fanambarana nivoaka an-tserasera, no nanamelohan'ny Minisiteran'ny Fizahantany sy ny Fahagola Irakiana ny ISIS ho mihantsy “ny fanirian'izao tontolo izao sy ny fahatsapan'ny zanak'olombelona”: |
4 | Daesh [Arabic word for ISIS] terrorist gangs continue to defy the will of the world and the feelings of humanity. | Mbola mihantsy fanirian'izao tontolo izao sy ny fahatsapan'ny zanak'olombelona ireo andiam-pampihorohoron'ny Daesh [teny arabon'ny ISIS]. |
5 | In a new crime in their series of reckless offences, they assaulted the ancient city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy machinery, appropriating the archaeological attractions dating back 13 centuries BC. | Tamin'ny heloka bevava vaovao nataony tamim-pahasahiana no nanafihany ny tanàna ntaolon'i Nimrôda sy nandravany azy tanteraka tamin'ny fitaovam-piasana mavesatra misy kodiarana, naka ankeriny ho azy ny toerana arkeôlôjika manintona efa nijoro taonjato 13 talohan'i Jesoa Kristy. |
6 | Nimrud, located south of Mosul, was founded around 1250 BC and later became the capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire, the world's dominant empire at the time, which stretched into modern day Egypt, Turkey and Iran. | Nimrôda, izay miorina ao atsimon'i Mosul, dia niorina nanodidina ny taona 1250 talohan'i Kristy ary lasa renivohitry ny Ampira Neo-Assyriana taty aoriana, ny ampira nanjaka tamin'izao tontolo izao tamin'izany fotoana izany, izay mivelatra hatrany Ejipta maoderina amin'izao fotoana izao, hatrany Torikia ary hatrany Iran. |
7 | As National Geographic explained in their coverage of the event: | Araka ny nohazavain'ny National Geographic tamin'ny fonon'ny fitantarana ity tranga ity: |
8 | A city had already taken shape at this location by 1400 B.C., but in the early ninth century B.C. King Ashurnasirpal II made it into his new administrative capital, adding a five-mile-long wall, a monumental stepped tower called a ziggurat, new temples, and a large palace covered in elaborate decorations. | Efa nisy tanandehibe niorina teo amin'io toerana io talohan'ny taona 1400 talohan'i Kristy. Nataon'ny mpanjaka Asornazirpala faharoa ho renivohitra ara-pitantanana vaovao izy io, nanampy azy rindrina mirefy fito kilometatra, tilikambo manao antanantohatra nantsoina hoe zigorat, tempoly vaovao ary lapa iray feno ravaka. |
9 | It's those royal decorations that are of greatest concern. | Ireo ravaka ireo no tena mampanahy indrindra. |
10 | They consist of large stone panels of intricately carved reliefs that line the base of the building's mud-brick walls. | Ny nandrafetana azy ireo dia tamin'ny vato vaventy voasokitra hatramin'ny kely indrindra izay milahatra amin'ny fototry ny fefy rindrina vita amin'ny biriky. |
11 | In boldly delineated detail, the panels show military campaigns, conquered peoples offering tribute to the king, ritual ceremonies undertaken by the king (sometimes alongside an ornamental, sacred tree), and many winged mythical figures known as geniis. | Hita antsipirihany amin'ny ankapobeny ireo fafana ahitana ady miaramila, vahoaka noresena manolotra fahatsiarovana hoan'ny mpanjaka, fotoam-pivavahana tarihin'ny mpanjaka (matetika eo anilan'ny hazo masina voaravaka), ary ahitana ireo endrika fantatra amin'ny anganongano manan'elatra izay fantatra ho zenia. |
12 | Reuters cites a tribal source claiming that “Islamic State members came to the Nimrud archaeological city and looted the valuables in it and then proceeded to level the site to the ground,” and that “there used to be statues and walls as well as a castle that Islamic State has destroyed completely.” | Notononin'i Reuters ny loharanom-baovao avy amin'ny foko iray milaza fa “tonga ao an-tanàna arkeôlôjikan'i Nimrôda ny mpikamban'ny Fanjakana Islamika ary nandroba ireo harena sarobidy tao aminy ary nanomboka nandrava tanteraka hatramin'ny fakany ny toerana avy eo,” ary “misy ireo tsangambato sy rindrina ary lapa iray nopotehin'ny Fanjakana Islamika tanteraka”. |
13 | This comes days after ISIS released a video celebrating the destruction of ancient artifacts at Mosul's Nineveh museum, which was preceded by the burning of countless ancient books and manuscripts when they ransacked the Mosul library. | Tonga indray ity raharaha ity taorian'ny namoahan'ny ISIS lahatsary mankalaza ny fanapotehana ny zavatra naranty ntaolo nipetraka tao amin'ny mozean'i Ninive tao Mosul, izay nialohavana fandoroana naoty sora-tanana sy boky ntaolo tsy hita isa raha nandroba ny tranombokin'i Mosul ry zareo. |
14 | Thankfully, many of the artifacts were previously moved to the Baghdad Museum and to many cities in the West, notably the colossal Winged Bulls (Lamassu) which are now housed in London's British Museum. | Soa ihany fa maro tamin'ireo zavatra naranty no efa nafindra tao amin'ny Mozean'i Baghdad sy tamin'ny tanàna maro any Andrefana, indrindra fa ilay Ombalahy Manan'Elatra goavana (Lamassu) izay miantrano ao amin'ny Mozea Britanikan'i London amin'izao fotoana izao. |
15 | It is hard to properly estimate the damage this has done to Iraq's priceless heritage. | Sarotra ny hanombana manokana ny lanjan'ny fahapotehana natao tamin'ny vakoka sy hay sandainan'i Iràka. |
16 | The Neoassyrian Empire was the most powerful state on Earth for nearly 300 years from 911 BC to 609 BC, which provides the context for these tweets by Lebanese-Iraqi blogger and satirist Karl Sharro: | Ny Ampira Neoassyriana no fanjakana natanjaka indrindra teto an-tany tao anatin'ny 300 taona nanomboka tamin'ny taona 911 talohan'i Kristy ka hatramin'ny taona 609 talohan'i Kristy, izay manazava ny tontolo tian'ilay bilaogera Libaney-Irakiàna sady mpanesoeso antsoina hoe Karl Sharro lazaina : |
17 | But seriously ISIS have gone back so far in time, they're actually fighting the Assyrian Empire now. | Fa tena matotra fa lasa niampita taona maro dia maro ny ISIS, miady amin'ny Ampira Assyriana ry zareo ankehitriny. |
18 | - Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) March 6, 2015 | Ny Lohataona Arabo nandrava ny tsangambaton'ny tsirefesimandidy. |
19 | ‘Arab Spring protesters destroy statue of tyrant'. | Ny Mpanjakan'i Assyria antsoina hoe Sargon izany. |
20 | King Sargon of Assyria that is. | Ny adala dia ireo an'arivo taonany taty aoriana. |
21 | Idiots are a few thousand years late. - Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) March 6, 2015 | Ary ity sariitatra malaza ankehitriny antsoina hoe ‘Abu A sy Abu B‘ maneso ny Jidahista ity: |
22 | And this cartoon of his now-famous ‘Abu A and Abu B‘ cartoons mocking Jidahis: | Tsy maintsy namadika azy ho Sariitatra Abu A sy Abu B aho. |
23 | I had to turn it into an Abu A and Abu B #qartoon Thanks @SohaAwwadkhalil for the contribution pic.twitter.com/wOIjAjlT9w | |
24 | - Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) March 6, 2015 | Ankasitrahana i @SohaAwwadkhalil tamin'ny fandraisana anjara |
25 | The destruction of Iraq's archeological heritage by ISIS has been compared by archeologists to the infamous 2001 destruction of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddha rock sculptures by the Taliban. In an official statement, the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, condemned ISIS' actions as a War Crime. | Ny fandravana ny vakoka arkeôlôjika an'i Iràka ataon'ny ISIS dia nampitahain'ny arkeôlôgy tamin'ny fandravana maharikoriko nalaza nataon'ny Taliban tamin'ny 2001 ireo sary sokitry ny Boddha Bamiyan vita tamin'ny vato tao Afghanistan. tao amin'ny fanambarana ofisialy, no nanamelohan'ny Sampan'ny Firenena Mikambana misahana ny Fanabeazana, Siansa ary ny Kolontsaina, na ny UNESCO ny hetsika nataon'ny ISIS. |
26 | UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova called on the world to react: | Ny Tale Jeneralin'ny UNESCO Irina Bokova niantso izao tontolo izao hamaly: |
27 | We cannot remain silent. | Tsy afaka ny hangina izahay. |
28 | The deliberate destruction of cultural heritage constitutes a war crime. | Heloka bevava an'ady ny fanaovana fanahy iniana mamotika ny vakoka ara-kolontsaina. |
29 | I call on all political and religious leaders in the region to stand up and remind everyone that there is absolutely no political or religious justification for the destruction of humanity's cultural heritage. | Miantso ny mpitarika ara-politika sy ara-pivavahana rehetra ao amin'ny faritra aho hijoro ary hampahatsiahy ny rehetra fa tsy misy mihitsy fanamarinana ara-politika na ara-pivavahana amin'ny fandravana ny vakoka ara-kolontsain'ny zanak'olombelona. |
30 | I call on all of those who can, especially youth, in Iraq and elsewhere, to do everything possible to protect this heritage, to claim it as their own, and as the heritage of the whole of humanity. | Miantso ny rehetra izay mahavita aho, indrindra fa ny tanora ao Iràka sy any an-kafa rehetra, hanao izay rehetra azony atao hiarovana ity vakoka ity, hanambara ny vakoka ho toy ny azy tenany mihitsy, sy vakoky ny zanak'olombelona iray manontolo. |
31 | She also called for a response to ISIS' “criminal chaos that destroys culture with more culture”: | Niantso ihany koa izy hamaliana ny “fanakorontanana bevava [ataon'ny ISIS] izay mandrava ny kolontsaina amin'ny kolontsaina bebe kokoa”: |
32 | I appeal also to all cultural institutions, museums, journalists, professors, and scientists to share and explain the importance of this heritage and the Mesopotamian civilization. | Miantso ihany koa aho ny rafi-pitantanana ara-kolontsaina rehetra, ny mozea rehetra, ny mpanao gazety rehetra ary ny mpahay siansa rehetra hizara sy hanazava ny mahazava-dehibe ity vakoka sy ity sivilizasiona Mezôpôtamiana ity. |
33 | We must respond to this criminal chaos that destroys culture with more culture. | Tsy maintsy mamaly ity fanakorontanana bevava izay mandrava kolontsaina ity amin'ny kolontsaina bebe kokoa isika |
34 | On Twitter, Bahram Salih, the former Prime Minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, accused ISIS of “slaughtering the present and erasing humanity's heritage”: | Ao amin'ny Twitter, Bahram Salih, praiminisitra teo aloha tao amin'ny governemantam-paritra Kiordistana, niampanga ny ISIS ho “mamono ny ankehitriny sy mamafa tanteraka ny vakoky ny zanak'olombelona”: |
35 | #DAESH bulldozes ancient Assyrian city of #Nimrud; Slaughtering the present & erasing humanity's heritage. pic.twitter.com/L4rBD5i1tM - Barham Salih (@BarhamSalih) March 6, 2015 | Mampiasa bulldozer hamotehana ny tanàna Assyrian ao Nimrôda ny Daesh; mamono ny ankehitriny sy mamafa tanteraka ny vakoky ny zanak'olombelona. |
36 | Amr Wadea tweeted to his more than 3,000 followers, accusing ISIS of trying to erase Iraq's history: | Amr Wadea nisioka tamin'ireo mpanjohy azy mihoatra ny 3000, miampanga ny ISIS ho mikasa hamafa tanteraka ny tantaran'i Iràka : |
37 | Daesh [ISIS] destroys the Iraqi city of Nimrud which hosted the oldest and most prestigious traces of the Assyrian presence older than 3,000 years. | Mandrava ny tanàna Irakiana ao Nimrôda izay mampiatrano ny diam-pisian'ny Asyriana antitra sy mamirapiratra iindrindra mihoatra ny 3000 taona ny Daesh [ISIS]. |
38 | Daesh is erasing history. | Am-pamafana ny tantara ny Daesh. |
39 | Historian and host of History Needs You, Matthew Ward, called ISIS iconoclasts: | Miantso ny ISIS ho mpamotika sary sy sariohatra ny mpahay tantara sy mpampiatrano ny History Needs You, [Mila Anao ny Tantara] Matthew Ward : |
40 | #archaeology of the great city of #Nimrud #Iraq is being destroyed in a brutal iconoclasm pic.twitter.com/Rf7R71cWyI | Potika ao anatin'ny fankahalana sary sy sariohatra ny arkeôlôjian'ny tanàna mahafinaritr'i Nimrôda ao Iràka |
41 | - Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) March 6, 2015 | |