Not long ago, Iraq was viewed as a kind of hell on Earth. But the country has recovered its stability, and the government is working hard to attract visitors. An NZZ reporter travels from Baghdad to ...

A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

Iraq plans to convert Baghdad's Al-Amiriyah Shelter into a museum to commemorate a painful event, following PM Sudani's ...

All the looting at Baghdad's Iraq Museum had taken place by the time U.S. troops—engaged in toppling Saddam Hussein—arrived to protect it, on April 16, 2003. Between April 8, when the museum ...

A group of glass vessels dating back to the Parthian period (139 BC - 226 AD) is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy. Researchers from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 ...

but what is even harder to find at Iraq's National Museum are visitors. So the museum has teamed up with Google and the U.S. government to create a "virtual museum" that will allow anyone with ...

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