Experts are still deciding its ultimate fate, whether it will remain in Iraq or be moved to a museum ... heritage, even in the face of destruction. The lamassu serves as a powerful symbol of ...

The Basra Museum in southern Iraq opened its doors this April, another step towards restoring the country's cultural heritage. Ancient artifacts damaged and stolen in conflicts dating back almost ...

Assyrian antiquities dated around 3000 BC displayed in the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on November 28, 2018. (Sabah Arar/AFP) Iraq's General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage announced on ...

Source: Mohammad Al-Mimar, preventive conservator at the State Board of Heritage and Antiquities / Iraq Museum, 2021. Contribution towards the implementation of the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic ...

But not everything was lost in that devastation 2,600 years ago. Archaeologists just found some of the “remarkable” artifacts that survived. A joint team of American and Iraqi ...