A UNESCO-sponsored exhibition featuring the replicas of ancient works from Iraq and Syria that were destroyed by the Islamic State was launched in Rome . It features a reconstruction of the Temple of Bel at Palmyra, a room of the State Archives of Ebla and the winged bull of Nimrud. The works were reconstructed using robots and 3D printers.The project was overseen by archaeologists and art historians.
Alongside the winged bull, the exhibition will feature a reconstruction of the Temple of Bel at Palmyra, which was considered Syria’s most important site, and a room of the State Archives of Ebla. All three have been rebuilt to their original dimensions.
Rome is not the only city where such reconstructions are being exhibited. A recreation of Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph was unveiled in New York last month, a year after Isis destroyed the original structure.

The destruction committed by Isis has been condemned by activists and historians and described as a war crime by Unesco. Nimrud was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire, which dominated the Middle East from 900 to 612BC. The destroyed works are believed to date to the 13th century BC.