Two Rockets Inflicted Damage on Tell Muqqayar (Ancient Ur) in Southern Iraq
Miros³aw Olbry
Two rockets hit the central area of Tell Muqqayar archaeological site (ancient Ur) causing heavy damage according to “Al-Mada” Newspaper(Baghdad-based, Arabic) of May 23rd, 2009. In the opinion of Mr Abdul Amir al-Hamdani, director general of the Office for Thi Qar Province of the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, one rocket hit the temple located 150 m east of the ziggurat and the second one landed south of the ziggurat making a deep and large hole (10 meters in diameter).
http://www.almadapaper.net/paper.php?source=akbar&mlf=interpage&sid=67737
So far, I have not been able to confirm a scale of damage with other sources. A notice published by Aswat al-Iraq Agency on 23rd May did not mention any such thing.
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=113571
Best,
Miros³aw Olbry
Baghdad