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 ...

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A team of museum professionals from war-torn Iraq, where the looting of museums and archaeological sites drew worldwide attention, has been selected to study preservation and conservation methods in ...

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 a ...

When a nation is torn apart by war or a coup, it raises many questions: What will become of its people? What will become of its leadership? But there's one question that might not immediately leap to ...

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. The ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — In Iraq's national museum, home to some of the world's most precious artifacts of ancient Mesopotamia, a caption beside a skeleton simply reads in English: "dated to very old time." And ...

The looting in Iraq that began with the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime struck a new low this week. The world-famous Iraq National Museum was stripped bare. This was home to some of the most important ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Monday partially reopened its National Museum, once a trove of artifacts dating back to the dawn of civilization but which was plundered after the 2003 invasion while U.S.