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 ...

Back when the war was just beginning, back when we hoped to be greeted as liberators, we first heard the reports of widespread looting throughout Baghdad. Libraries, public offices, museums were all ...

In Quantico, Virginia, the National Museum of the Marine Corps has introduced two new galleries ahead of the anniversary of the Marine Corps. The exhibits, "Forward Deployed" and "Afghanistan and Iraq ...

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.