Iraq on Monday partially reopened its National Museum, once a trove of artefacts dating back to the dawn of civilisation but which was plundered after the 2003 invasion while U.S. troops stood by.

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi National Museum inaugurated two renovated halls adorned with life-size stone statues on Thursday, highlighting the rich history of a country once again shattered by war ...

April 19 -- It was the most important museum, housing the most important artifacts, in one of the richest archaeological regions in the world. Archaeologists say civilization began in Iraq — in ...

The "Re:Loaded" exhibit at the armouries museum examines the crossover of guns and art. It will open almost exactly 20 years after Hussein was captured by U.S. forces on Dec. 13, 2003.

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding light on the earliest known empire's complex bureaucracy. View on euronews ...

The Iraq Museum has a majestic, world-class collection of ancient art dating back 5,000 years, but it struggles to connect with an audience of younger Iraqis. By Alissa J. Rubin The items, which ...

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 ...

Community members gathered to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the looting and destruction of the Iraq Museum. The event took place yesterday evening at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art ...

Three ancient artworks that for years had been part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and are now thought to have been looted were returned on Monday to the Republic of Iraq, the ...