Iraq Cultural Heritage Resources by Institution
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In order to give a more detailed view of the way in which ECAI Iraq has been constructed, this page displays an alphabetical list of the web hosts with a secondary listing of the specific pages that are being accessed. |
2003 Iraq War & Archaeology (Francis Deblauwe)
The 2003 Iraq War and ArchaeologyAbout - Architecture*
Al Kadhimain Mosque - Baghdad, Iraq
Architecture in BaghdadAgropolis-Museum, France
Mari, one of the first City-States (Syria)Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great - Photo GalleryAlexander the Great (from Greece)
Alexander the Great
Following the Footsteps of AlexanderAlexander the Great on the Web*
Alexander in Images - maps
Welcome to Alexander in Images, a new feature of Alexander the Great on the WebAl-Khazina, Princeton University
ABBASIDS (750-1517)
Map of Muslim Expansion in the time of Muhammad
Map of the Abbasid Caliphate During Harun Al-Rashid's Reign
Maps of the Islamic Middle East
The Islamic TimelineAmazon Books
The Excavations at Tell Al Rimah: The Pottery (Iraq Archaeological Reports , No 4)American Association of Museums
Iraqi Cultural Heritage CrisisAmerican Schools of Oriental Research
Finds from Tepe Gawra
History of the Baghdad School of American School of Oriental Research 1923-1969Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near East*
Akkadian Empire
Antediluvian Period
Gutian Period
Isin/Larsa Period
Kassite Period
Map of Akkadian Empire Under Naram-Sin
Map of Akkadian Empire Under Sargon's Sons
Map of Ancient Assyria
Map of Babylon and its Neighbors
Map of Early Dynastic Sumeria
Map of Early Dynastic Sumerian Empires
Map of Hammurabi's Babylonian Empire
Map of Kassite Babylonia c. 1400 BCE
Map of Lugalzaggesi's Empire
Map of Mesopotamia c. 1100 BCE
Map of Mesopotamia c. 1250 BCE
Map of Mesopotamia c. 1730 BCE
Map of Mesopotamia in 1815 BCE
Map of Near East c. 1500 BCE
Map of Shamshi-Assad's I's Empire
Map of Sumer under Isin Domination
Map of Sumer Under the Gutians
Map of the Akkadian Empire
Map of the Decline of Isin
Map of the Rise of Larsa
Map of Ur III Empire
Middle Assyrian Period
Middle Babylonian Period
Neo Assyrian Period
Neo Babylonian Period
Old Assyrian Period
Old Babylonian Period
Sumerian Early Dynastic History I and II
Sumerian Early Dynastic History III
Ur IIIArchaeological Institute of America
Experts on the Archaeological and Cultural Heritage of Iraq
Open Declaration on Cultural Heritage at Risk in IraqArchaeology - Online Magazine of AIA
A Personal Account of the First Unesco Cultural Heritage Mission to Iraq, May 16-20, 2003 by John M. Russell
John M. Russell, "Stolen Stones" A list of illustrations
News Articles from Archaeology Magazine
Plan of Sennacherib's throne-room suite at Nineveh's Southwest Palace
Stolen Stones: The modern sack of NinevehArchaeology Channel
Finding the Treasures of NimrudArchaeology Odyssey
Uruk (Warka)ArchAtlas Project, Oxford University
Susa from SpaceArchives Hub, University of Manchester
Archives Hub: Collections of the Month March 2003: IraqArchNet, MIT
Baghdad (Madinat al-Salam) Capital city of Iraq.
Basra - Early Islamic garrison town and Iraq's principal port.
Building Style: Timurid
Kufa - Southern Iraqi city founded in the early Islamic period.
Samarra - Abbasid capital in central Iraq.
Ukhaidhir - Early Abbasid palace in the desert of south-western Iraq.
Wasit - Capital of Iraq during the Umayyad period.Art Newspaper*
Iraq's History is Our History Too
The Art Newspaper: Treasures from the Iraq Museum
The Art Newspaper: Treasures from the Iraq Museum: Akkadian
The Art Newspaper: Treasures from the Iraq Museum: Assyrian
The Art Newspaper: Treasures from the Iraq Museum: Hatrene
The Art Newspaper: Treasures from the Iraq Museum: Islamic
The Art Newspaper: Treasures from the Iraq Museum: Prehistoric
The Art Newspaper: Treasures from the Iraq Museum: SumerianArtServe, The Australian National University
Urartu images from Ankara Museum on menu of Anatolian Civilization images
Urartu - Statuettes from Ankara MuseumAssyria Online
Assyrian Treasures from the City of Kalkhu (Nimrud)Avalon Project at Yale Law School : Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Code of Hammurabi - Translated by L. W. KingBaghdad Museum Project
The Baghdad Museum ProjectBBC
Ancient History: Mesopotamia
BBC Ancient History: Akkadian Seal
BBC Ancient History: Assyrian Gold Crown from Ashur
BBC Ancient History: Assyrian Limestone Panel - King Ashurbanipal drawing a bow.
BBC Ancient History: Assyrian Statue
BBC Ancient History: Clay Figurine from Ur
BBC Ancient History: Limestone Stele, King Marduk-nadin-ahhe
BBC Ancient History: Map of Mesopotamia
BBC Ancient History: Mesopotamia
BBC Ancient History: Mosaic Tablet from Ur
BBC Ancient History: Ubaid Figurines from Ur
BBC Ancient History: The Arch at Ctesiphon
BBC Ancient History: The Flood Tablet
BBC Conflict in Context: The Lost Palaces of Iraq: Nineveh
BBC Conflict in Context: The Lost Palaces of Iraq: Samarra
BBC Conflict in Context: The Lost Palaces of Iraq: Uruk
Iraq Conflict in Context: The Lost Palaces of Iraq
Iraq Navigator: Mapping the Conflict
Iraq: Conflict in Context: British Relations with Iraq
Return to Baghdad: The Cost of War at the Iraq Museum
The Middle East during World War One
Treasures of Nimrud Found in Iraqi VaultBritannica Encyclopedia Online
Abbasid dynasty -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Achaemenian dynasty - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Adab
Akkad -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Alabaster head of a man wearing a turban
Alexander the Great - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Anah
Arsacid dynasty - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Ashur -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Assyria -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Babylon -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Babylonia -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Baghdad - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Basra -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Borsippa -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Buyid dynasty -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Calah -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Chaldea -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Chogha Zanbil -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Ctesiphon - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Cuneiform tablet telling the Epic of Creation, Part of the library of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
Cuneiform tablet telling the legend of Etana, Part of the library of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
Cuneiform tablet telling the legend of Ishtar's descent to the Underworld, Part of the library of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
Cuneiform tablet with omens, Part of the library of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
Elam-- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Erech - Jemdet Nasr period - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Eridu -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Eshnunna -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Eshnunna-- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Gilgamesh
Halaf, Tall - also spelled Tell Halaf
Hammurabi -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Hassuna -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Hero of the ancient Akkadian-language Epic of Gilgamesh - -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Hittite -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Hittite empire to c. 1180 BC
Hittites, 1340 BC
Il-Khanid Dynasty, also spelled Il-khan (1256 - 1353),
Irbil, also spelled Arbil or Erbil , Assyrian Arba-ilu , Greek Arbela ancient town, northern Iraq
Isin
Jarmo - also called Qalat Jarmo
Karbala
Kirkuk
Kish -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Kurdistan -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Lagash -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Larsa -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Mesopotamia - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Mosul -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Nineveh -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Nippur-- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Ottoman Empire -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Parthia - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Sasanian dynasty -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Seleucia - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Seleucid dynasty - Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Seljuq dynasty-- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Shubat Enlil -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Sippar -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Sumer-- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Susa -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Tell El-ubaid
Tepe Gawra -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
The Flood Tablet, relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Part of the library of King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
The Gawra Period (and Tepe Gawra)
The Hurrian and Mitanni kingdoms
The old part of Kirkuk, Iraq, seen from across the bed of the dried-up Qada' River.
The White Obelisk, Some of the earliest scenes of Assyrian narrative art
Tikrit
Timur -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Tutub -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Ur -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
Urartu - Ancient kingdom around Lake Van, southwestern Asia
Uruk -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
WasitBritish Museum
Mesopotamia: The British Museum - illuminating world cultures
Objects from Iraq in The British Museum
Overview: The British Museum and the Iraq Crisis
The Royal Tombs of UrBritish Museum Compass
Ashur
Babylon
Colossal statue of a winged lion from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B)
Sippar
Stone statue of Kurlil
Tello (ancient Girsu, Iraq)
The Flood Tablet, relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh
The 'Queen of the Night' Relief
The Royal Graves of Ur
Ubaid Culture
Ur
Uruk (Iraq)Cartographic Images
Babylonian clay tablet world map, 600 B.C.Casco Bay Assyriological Institute
Digital Map of the Ancient Near East
Neo-Assyrian Toponyms
The Digital Map of the Ancient Near EastCenter for Heritage Resource Studies, University of Maryland
The Tower of Babel: Dangerous ArchaeologyCohen Library, The City College of New York
Government Views of Iraq: Cultural Heritage
Government Views of Iraq: Cuneiforms
Government Views of Iraq: MapsColumbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001, Bartleby*
Amorite Kingdoms -- 2004-1763
Amorite Kingdoms -- 2004-1763
Erbil
Isin
Larsa
Sippar
Sumerians and the Akkadians -- c. 3500-2900Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology - Congress April 8 - 12, 2003
Iraq Culture at Risk - The Vienna DeclarationCuneiform Digital Library Initiative
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
The State of Ur III ResearchDavid Rumsey Collection
Map of Persia, 1736
Map of Persia, 1855.Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas
Domestication and the Neolithic Period in the Old WorldDepartment of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Calgary
Alexander the Great: A BibliographyDetroit Institute of Arts: Mesopotamia
Detroit Institute of Arts: MesopotamiaDiscover Magazine
Treasure Under Saddam's FeetDogwood Project at Northern Virginia Community College
Virtual Baghdad during the Abbasid CaliphateEarth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York
Tell Leilan, NE Syria, Weiss et al., 1993ECAI from Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, Facts on File
Al-Untash-Napirisha Site Abstract
Ashur Site Abstract
Babylon Site Abstract
Khorsabad Site Abstract
Mari Site Abstract
Nimrud Site Abstract
Nineveh Site Abstract
Nippur Site Abstract
Site Plan for Ashur
Site Plan for Babylon
Site Plan for Khorsabad
Site Plan for Mari
Site Plan for Nimrud
Site Plan for Nineveh
Site Plan for Nippur
Site Plan for Susa
Site Plan for Tchogha Zanbil
Site Plan for Tell Madhhur
Site Plan for Ur
Site Plan for Uruk
Susa Site Abstract
Tell Madhhur Site Abstract
Ur Site Abstract
Uruk Site AbstractElectronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, University of California, Berkeley
Ctesiphon - The Sasanian Capital City
Firuzabad - The First Sasanian Capital City
Fragments of stucco panels that decorated the interior walls of the palace at Ctesiphon
Maps of the Sasanian Empire
The Near East in Late Antiquity - The Sasanian EmpireElectronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian LiteratureEmuseum, Minnesota State Museum, Mankato
Assyria
Fertile Crescent
Mari
Middle East Cultures
Middle East Cultures - Ancient Persia
Middle East Cultures - The Abbasids
Middle East Cultures - The Babylonians
Middle East Cultures - The Kurds
Middle Eastern Sites
Middle Eastern Sites - Assur
Middle Eastern Sites - Babylon
Middle Eastern Sites - Eridu
Middle Eastern Sites - Lagash
Middle Eastern Sites - Mari
Middle Eastern Sites - Nineveh, The Habitation of Ninus
Middle Eastern Sites - Samarra
Middle Eastern Sites - Ur
Middle Eastern Sites - Uruk
Middle Eastern Sites -Mosul
Middle Eastern Sites -Nimrud
Persia
Sumer
Sumerian Economy
Sumerian People
Sumerian Religion
The Chaldeans and NebuchadnezzarExlibris, Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries
Nineveh at RiskEZIDA: The site dedicated to Mésopotamie (in French)
Borsippa
DÛR KURIGALZUFoundation for Science Technology and Civilisation (FSTC Limited) in the UK
Al-Mutawwaqil Mosque
Discover 1000 Years of Missing History 600 AD -1600 AD
Samarra
The Palaces of UkhaidirGrove Dictionary of Art Online
Akkadian
Aqar Quf [Arab. Aqarquf; anc. Dur Kurigalzu]
Assyria
Borsippa [Barsippa, Barsip; now Birs Nimrud]
Elamite
Fara, Tell [anc. Shuruppak].
Halaf culture
Hassuna culture - Mesopotamia: Prehistoric period, c 6000 - 4000 BC
Hittite
Iraq, Republic of [Arab. Al-Jumhuriyya al-?Iraqiyya].
Isin [now Ishan Bahriyat].
Jarmo - Prehistoric site in the Zagros mountains in north-east Iraq
Kassite
Kish [now Tell Uhaimir, Iraq].
Larsa [now Tell al-Sinkara].
Late Assyrian Empire
Leilan, Tell [anc. Shekhna; Shubat Enlil].
Maltai
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Akkadians, Gutians and the kingdom of Lagash, (c. 2340–c. 2113 BC).
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Early Dynastic period (c. 2900–c. 2340 BC).
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Isin/Larsa period
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Kassites and Mitannians
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Middle Assyrian period
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Old Assyrian period and kingdom of Mari
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Old Babylonian period
Mesopotamia, Historic period - Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2113–c. 2000 BC).
Mesopotamia: c 1000 BC to Islamic conquest - Achaemenid Mesopotamia (539–331 BC).
Mesopotamia: c 1000 BC to Islamic conquest - Hellenistic period: Seleucid Mesopotamia (311–c. 122 BC).
Mesopotamia: c 1000 BC to Islamic conquest - Neo-Assyrian period (883-612 BC).
Mesopotamia: c 1000 BC to Islamic conquest - Neo-Babylonian period (627–539 BC).
Mesopotamia: c 1000 BC to Islamic conquest - Parthian Mesopotamia (c. 122 BC–AD 224).
Mesopotamia: c 1000 BC to Islamic conquest - Sasanian Mesopotamia (AD 224–637).
Mesopotamia: Prehistoric period - (c) c. 4000 c. 2900 BC (Uruk period, including Jemdet Nasr period).
Middle Assyrian Period
Mitannian
Old Assyrian Empire
Rimah, Tell el-.
Samarra culture - Mesopotamia: Prehistoric period, c 6000 - 4000 BC
Sasanian [Sassanian].
Sippar [Bibl. Sepharvaim; now Tell Abu Habba, Iraq].
Sumerian
Tell Asmar [anc. Eshnunna].
Tell Harmal
Telloh [Arab. Tall Lawh: ‘hill of the tablets’; anc. Girsu]
Tepe Gawra
Timurid
Ubaid culture - Mesopotamia: Prehistoric period, c 6000 - 4000 BC
Ubaid, Tell al- [Tell el-Obeid; Tell al-Ma?abad; Tell al-Abd]
Ur [now Tell el Mukayyar, southern Iraq].
Urartian
Urartian - Description of Artifacts
Urartian Architecture
Urartian History
Uruk [Bibl. Erech; Class. Orchoë; now Warka].
Uruk, plan of Eanna precinct, level IVa, before c. 3000 BCGuardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003
Pilgrimage to Kerbala - April 2003Hacinebi Archaeological Excavations, Anthropology Dept., Northwestern University
Hacinebi Excavations: Selected Uruk Artifacts
Hacinebi Excavations: Selected Uruk Cylinder Seal-impressed ArtifactsHeaven, Hell and Judgement - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Inanna on Her Throne. Nephrite. Cylinder seal.
Scorpions and Rosette -- c.3300 B.C. Gawra period. (search on page)History of the Ancient Near East - Electronic Compendium*
Ancient Borsippa (Birs Nimrud)
Ancient Kassite Dur Kurigalzu (Modern Aqar Quf)
Ancient Larsa (Senkereh)
Ancient Umma (Tell Jokha)
Jemdet Nasr Period
Tepe Gawra PeriodHistory of the Ancients*
Tepe FarukhabadH-Museum
H-Museum: Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization at RiskICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites
International Council on Monuments and Sites DeclarationImages from history, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ancient Kurdistan
Archaic Mesopotamia - Includes Al-`Ubaid (6-4th millenium, South Mesopotamia)
Archaic Mesopotamia - Includes Halaf (5500-4500 B.C. North Mesopotamia-Syria)
Archaic Mesopotamia - Includes Jemdet Nasr (late 4th mill., South Mesopotamia)
Archaic Mesopotamia - Includes Uruk Era (mid 4th to late 3rd mill. B.C., South Mesopotamia)
Assyria (14th c. to 612 B.C.)
Classical Akkad (2370-c. 2004)
Early Dynastic Sumer (2900-2370 B.C.)
Median and Achæmenid Empire (Medes and Persians)
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Old Babylonian period (c. 2004 - 1595 B.C.) and Kassite Dynasty of Bablylon (c. 1720-1157 B.C.)
Parthian Empire
Sassanid Empire (3-7th c. A.D.)International Council of Museums
Inventory of Museums in Iraq
Resources on Iraqi Museum CollectionsInternational Federation of Libraries and Archives
Assessment of Damage to Libraries and Archives in Iraq - 29th April 2003
Assessment of Damage to Libraries and Archives in Iraq Jun 27 - July 6, 2003International Herald Tribune*
Unesco lengthens list of looted art in IraqInternational History Project
Babylonia
History of Ancient Assyria
The Akkadians - Akkad from 2350 to 2000 BCInternet History Source Books Project, History Department of Fordham University, New York
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
Internet Islamic History SourcebookInterpol
Endangered Iraqi objects
Interpol Emergency Red List of Iraqi Antiquities at RiskIran Online*
Images of KurdistanIraq4Ever*
Iraq History Page
Iraq History Page: Ak Koyunlu (Turkmen)
Iraq History Page: Akkadian Empire
Iraq History Page: Kara Koyunlu (Turkmen)
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: Economic Development to 1980
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: Independence
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: Iraq Under Saddam Hussein
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: The Postwar Era
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: The Revolution and the First Republic
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: The1963 Coup and the Fall of the First Republic
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: The1968 Coup and the Ba'th Period
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: War with Iran
Iraq History Page: Modern Iraq: World War II
Iraq History Page: Mongol Rule (I)
Iraq History Page: Mongol Rule (II)
Iraq History Page: Ottoman Iraq
Iraq History Page: Pre-History
Iraq History Page: Sumerian Civilization
Iraq History Page: The Abbasid Caliphate (I)
Iraq History Page: The Abbasid Caliphate (II)
Iraq History Page: The Achaemenian Empire
Iraq History Page: The Arab Conquest
Iraq History Page: The Assyrian Empire
Iraq History Page: The Assyrian Empire: Map
Iraq History Page: The Neo-Babylonian Empire
Iraq History Page: The Old Babylonian Period
Iraq History Page: The Parthian Empire
Iraq History Page: The Sasanian Period
Iraq History Page: The Seleucid Period
Iraq History Page: The Third Dynasty of Ur
Map of Pre-Islamic SitesIslam Online
Iraqi Officials to Hide Babylon Antiques to Protect Them From BombingIslamic World to 1600, University of Calgary, Canada
Islamic Beginnings
Muslim Expansion in Central Asia Under the Umayyad Caliphate, 661 - 750 C.E.
Rise of the Great Islamic Empires: Ottoman Empire
Rise of the Great Islamic Empires: Safavid Empire
Roman Empire at the Height of Conquest under Emperor Trajan 116 A.D.
The Caliphate and the First Islamic Dynasty
The Caliphate and the First Islamic Dynasty - The Umayyad Dynasty
The Fractured Caliphate and the Regional Dynasties
The Il-Khan Empire of Hulegu, 1294
The Islamic World to 1600 - The Il-Khanate
The Islamic World to 1600 - The Timurid Empire
The Mongol Invasions
The Timurid EmpireKelsey Museum of Archaeology
Seleucia on the Tigris - 1927-32Kurdish Worldwide Resources
The Kurdish Nation is 8,000 Years Old
The Map Gallery of KWRLearningsites.com
Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III at Nimrud
Map of Assyrian Sites
Northwest Palace of Ashur-Nasir-Pal II at Nimrud
Site Plan of Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II at Nimrud
Site plan of the Citadel at Nimrud - 1992
The Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III at Nimrud - 1976
The Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III at Nimrud - 1982Legacy of Genghis Khan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Two Folios from Öljeitü’s Mosul Qur’anLexicOrient*
Atlas of the Orient: Iraq
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Abbasid Caliphate
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Akkad
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Assyrian Empire
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Babylon
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Babylonia
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Babylonia: The Reign of Hammurabi
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Baghdad
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Karbala
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Kassites
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Maps of the Ottoman Empire
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Ottoman Empire
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Samarra
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Sumer
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Sumer: Kirkuk
Encyclopedia of the Orient: History of Iraq: Umayyad CaliphateLiber Patrum (Family of Man)
Achaemenid Dynasty
Black Sheep Emirate
Buwayhid Emirate
Catalog of Rulers - Achaemenids
Ilkhan Sultanate
Jalayirid Sultanate
Parthian Empire
Safavid Empire - Catalog of Rulers
Sassanid Empire
Seljuq Empire
Timurid Emirate
White Sheep EmirateLibrary of Congress Country Studies
History of IraqLouvre Museum
Law-Codex of Hammurabi
Law-Codex of Hammurabi
Worshipper of LarsaManchester Museum
Manchester Museum Ancient Near East CollectionMcClung Museum
Treasures from the Royal Tomb of UrMercury News*
Looters grab priceless objects from Iraqi museumsMesopotamia: The British Museum
Assyrian Wall Relief from the Palace of King Ashurnasirpal II
King Ashurnasirpal II's Palace at Nimrud
King Sennacherib's Palace at Nineveh
Maps of Mesopotamia
The Royal Tombs of Ur
The Tablet Library at Sippar
The Ziggurat of UrMesopotamian Mystique - the Writings of James Christian
Abu Salabikh #327Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient Near East Art, Excavations at Nimrud
Ancient Near East Galleries
Ancient Near Eastern Art - thumbnails of Museum Collection
Art of the First Cities: Nippur
Art of the First Cities: Ur
Art of the First Cities: Uruk
Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period
King Ashurnasirpal and the Northwest Palace at Nimrud
Leaf from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), 14th century; Ilkhanid Firdausi, Author
Mesopotamia
New Light on An Assyrian Palace
Pair of doors, 9th century; cAbbasid
Special Exhibitions - Herzfeld in Samarra
Striding lion, 604–562 B.C.; Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II
The Safavid Prince Haidar Mirza's Entrance into Istanbul in 1590: Page from a dispersed Divan of Mahmud cAbd al-Baki, 1590-95
The Shaikh al-Islam Discoursing to an Audience: Page from a dispersed Divan of Mahmud cAbd al-Baki, 1590-95Middle East Librarians Association, Committee on Iraqi Libraries
IRAQ MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES, & LIBRARIES, SITUATION REPORT, 8 JUNE 2003
MELA Committee on Iraqi Libraries: Aims & Strategies
PICTURES OF DAMAGED LIBRARIES IN IRAQMiddle East Online*
Iraq's Nippur easy prey for lootersMinerva: The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology
Minerva Magazine: Focus on Iraq
Minerva Magazine: Focus on IraqMinistry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey
OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURAL WORKS OUTSIDE TURKEY - Iraq - Baghdad (Bagdat)
OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURAL WORKS OUTSIDE TURKEY - Iraq - Mosul (Musul)Museum of Ancient Near Eastern Antiquities, in the Pergamon Museum (Berlin - Mitte)
Museum of Ancient Near Eastern AntiquitiesNational Geographic*
Beyond the Looting - What's next for Iraq's Treasures
Bronze head of bearded male from Hatra, second to third century A.D. Photograph by Lynn Abercrombie
Clay figurine of bearded man with ax, perhaps a warrior, from circa 1900 B.C.
Cultural Assessment of Iraq: A Helicopter Inspection of Endangered Southern Sites
Endangered Animals - Photograph by Steve McCurry
Guarding the Temple Photograph by Randy Olson
Gypsum statue of man and woman at Inanna Temple at Nippur, circa 2600-2300 B.C. Photograph by Lynn Abercrombie
Inside the Royal Gates - Photograph by Steve McCurry
Iraq's Antiquities War Map
National Geographic Hot Spot: Iraq
National Geographic Interactive Map
Shadowed by Conflict - Photograph by Steve McCurry
Statue of reclining woman found at Seleucia, second century B.C. Photograph by Lynn Abercrombie
Survey of Iraq’s archaeological sites - Hatra
Survey of Iraq’s archaeological sites - Larsa
Treasures of Iraq: Part One
Treasures of Iraq: Part Two
Treasures of the Iraq Museum: Part 1
Treasures of the Iraq Museum: Part 2
Treasures of the Iraq Museum: Part 3
Treasures of the Iraq Museum: Part 4Newcastle University Library
The Gertrude Bell ArchivesOriental Institute, University of Chicago
Abzu: A Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web
Ancient Near East Map Series
Archaeological Site Map, Iraq
Archaeological Site Photography: Abu Salabikh
Archaeological Site Photography: Aqarquf
Archaeological Site Photography: Assur
Archaeological Site Photography: Babylon
Archaeological Site Photography: Borsippa
Archaeological Site Photography: Ctesiphon
Archaeological Site Photography: Eridu
Archaeological Site Photography: Girsu
Archaeological Site Photography: Hatra
Archaeological Site Photography: Isin
Archaeological Site Photography: Khafajah
Archaeological Site Photography: Khorsabad
Archaeological Site Photography: Kish
Archaeological Site Photography: Lagash
Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia
Archaeological Site Photography: Nimrud
Archaeological Site Photography: Nineveh
Archaeological Site Photography: Nippur
Archaeological Site Photography: Samarra
Archaeological Site Photography: Seleucia
Archaeological Site Photography: Sippar
Archaeological Site Photography: Tell Billa
Archaeological Site Photography: Tell El-Ubaid
Archaeological Site Photography: Tell Harmal
Archaeological Site Photography: Tepe Gawra
Archaeological Site Photography: Ur
Archaeological Site Photography: Uruk
Archaeological Site Photography: Zibliyat
Bowl with mosaic inlays on outside - ca. 3000 B.C.
Bowl, deeply carinated; painted with geometric motifs - ca. 5000 B.C.
Bowl, pedestaled; monochrome painting - ca. 2800 B.C.
Bowl, polychrome painting (red, white, black), elaborate decoration - ca. 5000 B.C.
Bowl; relief decoration (bulls and grain ears) - ca. 3000 B.C. - ca. 3000 B.C.
CLAY SEALINGS AND TABLETS FROM TELL ASMAR, Fall 1998
Eshnunna in the Ur III and Old-Babylonian Period: A Test Case for the Impact of Political Collapse
EXCAVATIONS AT KHORSABAD
Figurine of male, wearing cap - ca. 1900 B.C.
Friese with inlays; showing scenes of dairy farming - ca. 2400 B.C.
Head of a statue(?);
Human-headed winged bull from the palace of King Sargon II at Khorsabad (721-705 B.C.)
IRAQ - Khorsabad Bull Sculpture
IRAQ - Khorsabad Deities with Flowing Vases
IRAQ: Khorsabad - Excavation of Gate A in the citadel of King Sargon II (N18525: Photo from the 1933-34 expedition.
IRAQ: Khorsabad - Excavation of Gate A in the citadel of King Sargon II. N18527: Photo from the 1933-34 expedition.
Iraqcrisis Listserv
Iraqcrisis listserv archive
Jar, carinated shoulder, spouted, with symmetrical relief decoration: lions attacking bulls (body), two lions flanking spout - ca. 3000 B.C.
Jar, spouted, with mosaic inlay (shell, lapis lazuli) - ca. 3000 B.C.
LETTERS FROM THE FIELD, 1950-1951 - EXCAVATIONS AT JARMO
Lion figurine, terracotta - ca. 1300 B.C.
Lost Treasures From Iraq - Gold Lyre
Lost Treasures From Iraq - Ivory plaque, relief-decorated, showed head of a women, smiling
Lost Treasures From Iraq - Stone Statue Head
Mesopotamian Chronological Table
Neck of a bottle-shaped jar - ca. 5000 B.C.
NIPPUR AND UMM AL-HAFRIYAT -- 1998-99 ANNUAL REPORT
Nippur Topographical Site Plan
Oriental Institute Assyrian Gallery
Oriental Institute Lost Treasures from Iraq Project
Oriental Institute Map Series - Iraq Site Map
Oriental Institute Mesopotamian Gallery
Oriental Institute: Nippur Excavation
Pictures of Damaged Libraries
Plaque, decorated with three registers of relief, showing banquet scene with musicians - ca. 2600 B.C.
Pottery jar; carinated shoulders, four pierced lugs at shoulder; polychrome- ca. 2800 B.C. ( IM42588)
Pottery jar; carinated shoulders, four pierced lugs at shoulder; polychrome- ca. 2800 B.C. (IM42587)
Reports from the Diyala Region
Seal design (see modern impression) shows a boat trip and a cultic scene before a building facade, both involving three people - ca. 3000 B.C.
Statement by the Oriental Institute's Iraq Museum Working Group concerning the Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Museums, Libraries, and Archaeological Sites
Statue; male, bearded, long hair, bare-chested, wearing flounced skirt, hands folded - ca. 2600 B.C.
Terracotta figurine with 'lizard-shaped' face, nude, female - ca. 4000 B.C.
Terracotta figurine with 'lizard-shaped' face, nude, female, breast-feeding infant;- ca. 4000 B.C.
terracotta, figurine ca. 1300 B.C.
Terracotta, nude male, with 'lizard-shaped' face and pointed head - ca. 4000 B.C.
Two wrestlers balancing vessels (jars) on their heads- ca. 2600 B.C.
Two-sided relief; front: bearded central figure with scaled body sitting on dragon - ca. 2250 B.C.
Vase, relief decoration in four registers - ca. 3000 B.C.
Votive plaque, fragmentary; relief displays seated, long-haired person in flounced garment, wearing a 'horned' cap - ca. 2600 B.C.Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Atlas of the Middle East
Babylon 1944
Baghdad 1849
Baghdad 1944
Baghdad 1961
Basra Area 1942
Eastern Half of the Roman Empire
Erbil 1944
Iraq Maps
Iraq Maps
Iraq: Time Line
Karbala 1918
Kurdish Areas in the Middle East and Soviet Union 1986
Kurdish Areas of Northern Iraq - From Iraq: Country Profile [map], CIA, January 2003
Kurdish Lands (location map) From Iraq: A Map Folio, CIA, 1992 (
Map of Arbil and Kirkuk
Map of Karkuk
Mosul 1944
Ottoman Empire since 1683
Ottoman Empire, 1481-1683
Persian Empire about 500 B.C.
The Assyrian Empire and the Region about the Eastern Mediterranean, 750-625 B.C.
The Eighth Progressive Map - Arabic Ascendency
The Oriental Empires about 600 B.C
Tigris and Euphrates Near Baghdad, Ancient and Modern CoursesPublic Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Global Connections - Muslim Population
Global Connections - The Middle East - Historical Political BordersSAFE - Saving Antiquities for Everyone
SAFE - Our mission is to increase public awareness of the importance of preserving cultural antiquities worldwide.School of Art History and Archaeology, University of Manchester
Site Report of ERIDU
Site Report of Tepe GawraSchool of Humanities, Art History, and Film, Australian National University
The Ancient Near East
Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna c.2900-2600 BCESchool of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City
The Gulf/2000 ProjectSilk Road Foundation, The
Tamerlane (1336 - 1405) - The Last Great Nomad PowerSilkroad Seattle, University of Washington
Alexander's Empire - Routes, Battles and Cities founded
Cultures of the Silkroad
Silkroad Maps - The Parthian Empire
Silkroad Maps - The Sasanian Empire
Silkroad Online Art Exhibit with Empire Overview - The Parthian Empire
Silkroad Online Art Exhibit with Empire Overview - The Sasanian Empire
Silkroad Online Art Exhibit with Empire Overview - The Seleucid EmpireSmithsonian Magazine*
Saving Iraq's Treasures: The Great Sites of Early Civilization-Ashur
Saving Iraq's Treasures: The Great Sites of Early Civilization-Babylon
Saving Iraq's Treasures: The Great Sites of Early Civilization-Hatra
Saving Iraq's Treasures: The Great Sites of Early Civilization-Samarra
Saving Iraq's Treasures: The Great Sites of Early Civilization-UrukSpace Imaging
Satellite Image of Baghdad, Iraq
Satellite image of KarbalaSumerian Language Page
Sumerian Neolithic and Chalcolithic Archaeological SitesSurvey of Mespotamian Art and Culture: 2000 B.C. to 1st Century A.D., History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Middle Elamite, Susa, Facade of TempleThe threat to world heritage in Iraq, Oxford University
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Anah
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Arbil
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Ashur
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Babylon
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Baghdad
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Ctesiphon
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Dur Kurigalzu
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Hatra
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Imam al-Dor
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Maltai
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Mosul
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Nimrud
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Nineveh
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Nippur
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Samarra
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Tekrit
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Ukhaidir
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - Umma
The threat to world heritage in Iraq - UrukThreat to World Heritage in Iraq, Oxford University
Heritage Destroyed
Heritage in the Line of Fire
Map of Lower Mesopotamia
Map of the Upper Euphrates
Map of the Upper Tigris
Rebuilding IraqTimeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art of the Ottomans before 1600 A.D.
Iraq, 1000-1400 A.D.
Iraq, 1400-1600 A.D.
Iraq, 1-500 A.D.
Iraq, 500-1000 A.D.
Mesopotamia, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.
Mesopotamia, 2000-1000 B.C.
Mesopotamia, 8000 - 2000 B.C.
Parthian Empire (247 b.c. -224 a.d.)
The Art of the Abbasid Period (750-1258 A.D.)
The Art of the cAbbasid Period (750-1258 A.D.)
The Art of the Ilkhanid Period (1256-1353 A.D.)
The Art of the Parthian Empire (247 B.C.-224 A.D.)
The Art of the Safavids before 1600 A.D.
The Art of the Seljuq Period in Iran (c.a. 1040-1157 A.D.) - Map
The Art of the Seljuq Period in Iran (ca. 1040-1157 A.D.)
The Art of the Umayyad Period (c.a. 661-750 A.D.) - Map
The Art of the Umayyad Period (661Ð750 A.D.)
The Arts of the Ilkhanid Period (1256-1353 A.D.) - MapTravel-Images*
Images of Iraq - Part 1: Baghdad
Images of Iraq - Part 1: Samarra
Images of Iraq - part 2 - Ninawa province: Mosul, Nineveh, Hatra, Bashira, Mar Matti
Images of Iraq - part 2: Najaf, Kerbala, Basrah, the Shatt-al-Arab, Argaguf, Babylon, Ukhaidur, Ur, KurdistanU.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Akkadian Clay Jars
Akkadian Clay Jars (2)
Baked Clay Lion from Tell Harmal
Figurine of Heracles-Nergal - 2nd c. AD
Halafian Painted Bowl - 5000-4500 BC
Hassuna Stone Figurines
Head of a Woman from Warka
Head of an Akkadian Ruler
International Cultural Property Protection
IRAQI CULTURAL HERITAGE
Iraqi Cultural Property Image Collection: US Department of State
Law Code of Eshnunna
Prehistoric Baked-Clay Female Figurine
Sumerian Votive Plaque
Wall Ornament from Karaindash Temple, UrukUK Public Records Office
World War 1: The Battle of MesopotamiaUNESCO - Culture
A Personal Account of the First Unesco Cultural Heritage Mission to Iraq, May 16-20, 2003 by John M. Russell
Chogha Zanbil - Iran: Brief description of the site
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Event of Armed Conflict
Iraqi Cultural Heritage: second UNESCO mission - 27 June 2003
Tell Bismaya, April 15, 2003 - UNESCO Activities inculding THE RESTORATION OF THE IRAQI CULTURAL HERITAGEUNESCO Media Services
UNESCO and IraqUNESCO World Heritage
Ashur World Heritage Site
Hatra- World Heritage Site
IRAQ'S TENTATIVE LIST - Nimrud
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