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  1. British Geologist Gets Ridiculous 15-year Prison Sentence in Iraq

    In a legal case that has been unfolding in Iraq since the last week of March, the arrest of a retired ... relations. In a legal case that has been unfolding in Iraq since the last week of March, the arrest of a retired ... for the retired British geologist, who was on holiday in Iraq. The Saddam-era laws, draconian to say the least, have ...

    Sahir - 07/06/2022 - 18:46

  2. Fifteen Years After Looting, Thousands of Artifacts are still Missing from Iraq’s National Museum

    ... 2003, the first looters broke into the National Museum of Iraq. Staff had vacated two days earlier, ahead of the ... 2003, the first looters broke into the National Museum of Iraq. Staff had vacated two days earlier, ahead of the ... earliest sites in the Middle East. The National Museum of Iraq in the wake of looting in 2003. Image:Jamal Saidi The ...

    ancient-origins - 12/04/2018 - 01:59

  3. Saving Iraqi Mudhif Reed Architecture from Oblivion

    ... has its roots with the culture of Marsh Arabs of Iraq. A tradition all but lost due to Saddam Hussein's ... mudhif is a type of home native to the swamps of southern Iraq . These traditional houses are entirely built from reeds ... also known as Marsh Arabs, live in the swamps of southern Iraq which are found where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ...

    Robbie Mitchell - 18/06/2022 - 01:40

  4. 450 Stolen Sumerian Tablets are on Their Way Back to Iraq, but it is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

    450 Stolen Sumerian tablets are being repatriated to Iraq with a ceremony in Washington D.C. on May 2. Many of the ... 450 Stolen Sumerian tablets are being repatriated to Iraq with a ceremony in Washington D.C. on May 2. Many of the ... Molina discussed the immensity of the looting problem in Iraq and the large quantity of artifacts appearing from ...

    Alicia McDermott - 02/05/2018 - 13:58

  5. Looted Iraqi Antiquities Can Finally Return Home After Simple Identification by British Museum

    ... smuggling of antiquities. The archaeological heritage of Iraq has been systematically looted in recent years. In the anarchy, following the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, it is estimated that thousands of precious ... 5000 artifacts were stolen from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, alone. Many of these were smuggled out of ...

    Ed Whelan - 10/08/2018 - 01:58

  6. Alexander the Great Temple Proclaiming Him Divine Unearthed In Iraq

    ... Museum working in the ancient city of Girsu in southern Iraq who have unearthed a 4,000-year-old Sumerian temple. The ... 2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Winged Deity Unearthed in Iraq Declassified Cold War Spy Satellite Images Reveal Roman Forts In Syria and Iraq Ancient City of Girsu Remembered Girsu , also known as ...

    Sahir - 21/11/2023 - 17:57

  7. Evidence of Camel Hybridization Found in Ancient Temple in Hatra, Iraq

    ... the site of the ancient market city of Hatra in northern Iraq. Allat was a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess  The Temple of ... the site of the ancient market city of Hatra in northern Iraq. Allat was a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess who was widely ... detail of the lintel, at the Temple of Allat in Hatra, Iraq. (Photograph courtesy of the Aliph-ISMEO project at ...

    Nathan Falde - 26/01/2022 - 00:00

  8. Astonishing 2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Winged Deity Unearthed in Iraq

    ... a magnificent lamassu at the ancient city of Khursbad, Iraq. In a landmark discovery, archaeologists have ... a magnificent lamassu at the ancient city of Khursbad, Iraq. The monumental sculpture, an embodiment of an Assyrian ... The Grand Palace of Assurnasirpal A dig in northern Iraq has unearthed a 2,700-year-old alabaster sculpture of ...

    Joanna Gillan - 28/10/2023 - 22:41

  9. Lost City Believed Founded by Alexander the Great Discovered in Iraq

    ... the reign of Alexander the Great has been discovered in Iraq, after hiding under tons of sand for more than 2,000 ... the reign of Alexander the Great has been discovered in Iraq, after hiding under tons of sand for more than 2,000 ... of Musasir Ancient City Discovered Buried Beneath Mound in Iraq Qalatga Darband, Iraqi Kurdistan where the ancient ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 26/09/2017 - 22:53

  10. Hoard of Ancient Tablets Found in Iraq Reveal Location of Lost Royal City of Mardama

    ... of a city on the arid plain of the eastern Tigris in Iraq. In an exciting discovery, archaeologists have found the ... of a city on the arid plain of the eastern Tigris in Iraq. The ruins had remained unidentified for five years, but ... in the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq. The team, led by Professor Peter Pfälzner, and working ...

    Ed Whelan - 12/05/2018 - 18:58

  11. 4,500-Year-Old Sumerian Palace Uncovered in Iraqi Desert

    ... in the ancient city of Girsu on the southern plains of Iraq. Reaching the culmination of a search that has been ... in the ancient city of Girsu on the southern plains of Iraq. These ruins date back to at least the middle of the ... Getty, and the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq. This initiative was a part of the British Museum’s ...

    Nathan Falde - 20/02/2023 - 14:00

  12. Ritual Site Dedicated to Mesopotamian War God Discovered in Iraq

    Archaeologists working in Iraq have made an intriguing discovery. They have found a ... to a Mesopotamian war god. Archaeologists working in Iraq have made an intriguing discovery. They have found a ... god, Ningirsu. At the site of ancient Girsu, in southern Iraq, is a temple built for the war god Ningirsu. (British ...

    Ed Whelan - 30/03/2020 - 22:56

  13. 4,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian City Discovered In the Shadow Of Ur

    ... settlement has been discovered on the road to Ur in modern Iraq. Researchers suspect the discovery represents a lost ... settlement has been discovered on the road to Ur in modern Iraq. Researchers suspect the discovery represents a lost ... city of Ur site. The Dhi Qar Governorate in southern Iraq is perhaps best known as the backdrop for The Battle of ...

    ashley cowie - 16/07/2021 - 14:55

  14. Bees, Not Neanderthal Florists, Dropped Pollen in Iraq’s Shanidar Cave

    ... Cave in the Zagros Mountains of the Kurdish region of Iraq, excavations in the 1950s unearthed the remains of ... Cave in the Zagros Mountains of the Kurdish region of Iraq, excavations in the 1950s unearthed the remains of a ... discovered many decades ago in Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq, a natural landmark that lies close to the country’s ...

    Nathan Falde - 01/09/2023 - 14:53

  15. Wadi Al-Salam: Magnificent Ancient Cemetery in Iraq is Largest in the World

    ... Islamic cemetery located near the holy city of Najaf, Iraq.  From an aerial view, it looks like a sprawling ... Daesh. Enormous City of the Dead While Najaf is one of Iraq's biggest cities, with a population close to 600,000, ... Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib.  Because of this, nearly all of Iraq's Shi'a Muslim population requests to be buried here. ...

    Bryan Hill - 23/07/2018 - 21:35

  16. Nabu: Ancient Mesopotamian God of Scribes and Wisdom

    ... entrance of the Temple of Nabu which is now housed in the Iraq Museum in Iraq. (Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP /  CC BY-SA 4.0 ) ... stood at the entrance of the Temple of Nabu in Nimrud, Iraq. It can be seen today at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in ...

    Aleksa Vučković - 15/02/2021 - 22:10

  17. Ancient Remains of Important Bronze Age City of the Akkadian Empire Found in Iraq

    Α very important city was recently unearthed  in Northern Iraq by an international team of archaeologists from the ... very important city was recently unearthed  in Northern Iraq by an international team of archaeologists from the ... Akkadian Empire. ( Wikimedia Commons ) A Little Corner in Iraq Has Been Hiding Thousands of Years of History Past ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 08/11/2016 - 03:53

  18. Assyrian Palace Discovered in Terrorists’ Treasure Tunnels

    On June 4, 2014, the Northern Iraq offensive began when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL; sometimes referred to as the ... a major offensive against government forces in northern Iraq.  On June 4, 2014, the Northern Iraq offensive began ...

    ashley cowie - 18/04/2020 - 17:12

  19. Shock Find! Assyrian Palace from 600 BC Discovered Under Demolished Shrine in Iraq

    Archaeologists working at a demolished shrine in Mosul, Iraq have stumbled upon a discovery of a previously unknown ... Tragedy as militants bomb 2,700-year-old Nineveh Wall in Iraq The discovered cuneiform inscription of King Esarhaddon ... Robson, chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, has suggested that the sculptures may have been used to ...

    Alicia McDermott - 01/03/2017 - 22:50

  20. Ancient Reptilians: The Unanswered Mystery of the 7,000-Year-Old Ubaid Lizardmen

    ... great civilization of Sumer in what is now modern-day Iraq. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, It is a ... great  civilization of Sumer  in what is now modern-day Iraq. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, archaeologists excavating at Tell Al’Ubaid in Iraq made an unusual discovery when they unearthed several ...

    johnblack - 26/02/2022 - 21:59

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