How the restoration of ancient Babylon is drawing tourists back to Iraq – The Art Newspaper
Mentioned in the sacred texts of all three Abrahamic faiths, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon, in modern-day Iraq, is ...
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Three ancient artefacts from Metropolitan Museum returned to Iraq
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the Manhattan District Attorney's office, handed over three ancient artefacts that have been ...
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US officials return antiquities looted from Iraq Museum in 2003
Investigators in New York have returned seven Mesopotamian and Neo-Babylonian seals to Iraq, nearly 20 years after they were stolen ...
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Jailing of British visitor to Iraq could jeopardise tourism and soft diplomacy
As the family of Jim Fitton, the retired British geologist sentenced to 15 years in an Iraqi prison in June ...
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Climate change reveals ancient city in Iraq
The ancient city of Zakhiku, 30km southwest of Dohuk, has endured the ravages of an earthquake, Assyrian conquest and submersion ...
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