History
One of Saddam's palaces near Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, January 12, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)
The 12,000-year-old Pala Gawra Cave in the Kurdistan Region (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
The Esa and Musa shrine in the Kurdistan Region's Barzinja district (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
The ruins of the ancient Bazyan Church (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
Bardaqaraman (“Rock of the Hero”) in the Kurdistan Region contains a monument honoring the heroism of Sheikh Mahmoud’s army (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
Some of the artifacts found in Diyala province. (Photo: Diyala’s Antiquities Inspectorate)
Cannon from the Soran Kingdom on display in the Kurdistan Region’s Rawanduz (Photo: KRG website)
Erbil’s ancient 'Qalinj Agha', also known as the small citadel (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
Ancient artifacts on display in the Erbil Museum (Photo: Erbil Museum)
Archaeological remnants of an ancient irrigation system in Erbil from the era of Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (Photo: KRG)
Charsteen cave in the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province, February 2022 (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)
Laith Majid Hussein (L), head of Iraq's Antiquities Authority, is pictured with Iraqi deputy foreign minister, Ahmed Tahseen Barwari, during a press conference at Baghdad airport on February 7, 2022. (Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
The historic Dere Castle near Erbil (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani commemorates the Feb. 1 martyrs on 18th anniversary of the 2004 Erbil attacks, Feb. 1, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani commemorates the Feb. 1 martyrs on 16th anniversary of the 2004 Erbil attacks, Feb. 1, 2020. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
The two artifacts handed over to Iraqi authorities in Los Angeles. (Photo: Iraq Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
