In Mosul, uncovered artefacts subject to “tampering and damage” Crawl through a labyrinth of narrow tunnels in near total darkness and suddenly they appear: great winged bulls and other artefacts dating from the Assyrian empire found intact under the ground of Mosul. But after the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group was evicted from the main city in northern Iraq last summer, local experts say more must be done to preserve and protect the archaeological treasures uncovered in the tunnels. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES