In March 2022, Iraq's national museum was re-inaugurated, showcasing Iraqi artifacts recovered from Italy, Japan, Lebanon, and the Netherlands. Notably, in December 2021, the US returned a prized ...

These artifacts include ancient hand axes from the Early or Old Paleolithic, also known as the Old Stone Age. The press release suggests these hand axes could be 1.5 million years old. Iraq ...

Iraq's foreign minister announced on Tuesday the retrieval of various artifacts and textured paintings from Japan and Switzerland. Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in ...

(AP) Iraq's foreign minister announced on Tuesday the return of various artifacts and textured paintings from Japan and Switzerland. Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in ...

Ancient artifacts unearthed in Iraq shed light on hidden history of Mesopotamia. University of Central Florida. Funder U.S. National Science Foundation ...

BAGHDAD - Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages - from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to ...

More than 600 ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of Iraq, recovered and lost again have been found misplaced among kitchen supplies in storage at the prime minister's office, the ...

BAGHDAD -- Islamic State militants continued their campaign targeting cultural heritage sites in territories they control in northern Iraq, looting and damaging the ancient city of Hatra just one ...

LONDON -- About 10 percent of the artifacts known to have been stolen from Iraqi museums after the war have been recovered, archaeologists said Tuesday, emphasizing they are working to determine ...

The United States has returned thousands of ancient artifacts looted from Iraq and illegally acquired by the U.S.-based Christian craft chain store Hobby Lobby. Wednesday’s handover of 3,800 ...

The videos of Islamic State militants destroying ancient artifacts in Iraq's museums and blowing up 3,000-year-old temples are chilling enough, but one of Iraq's top antiquities officials is now ...