It suffered some destruction by the hands of Muslim iconoclasts, so it's worth visiting the Archaeological Museum, too, where some of the best of its statues are now kept.
The Muslim iconoclasts hated every statue and destroyed as many as they could.  
mnli hypothesis: The Muslim iconoclasts hated every statue and destroyed as many as they could.   premise: It suffered some destruction by the hands of Muslim iconoclasts, so it's worth visiting the Archaeological Museum, too, where some of the best of its statues are now kept.