Destroyed by ISIS, ancient winged bull to rise again in London

Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad holds two ancient Assyrian human-headed winged bull statues. (File Photo: AP) 

Reuters, London Tuesday, 21 March 2017

 An ancient Assyrian winged bull sculpture destroyed by ISIS militants in 2015 is to be remade from empty Iraqi date syrup cans and displayed in Trafalgar Square in London.

The work by U.S. artist Michael Rakowitz has won the next commission for the square’s unoccupied Fourth Plinth, upon which a series of 11 new artworks have been displayed since 1999, organizers said on Tuesday.http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2017/03/21/Destroyed-by-ISIS-ancient-winged-bull-to-rise-again-in-London.html