Hidden for decades, the colossal alabaster statue was recently re-excavated in the ancient city of Dur-Sharrukin in northern Iraq. Weighing an astonishing 18 tons and standing over 12 feet tall ...

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Northern Iraq. Ms Jako said while the recent discovery of a 2700-year-old alabaster Lammasu statue was exciting, its head was dug up 30 years ago. Lamassu are statues depicting creatures with ...

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Highlights include Elon Musk eating Palestinian food and throwing dollar bills in the air by the beach, a massive golden statue of Trump and a gift shop filled with smaller replicas, and a clip of the ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi man who was filmed attacking Saddam Hussein's statue with a sledgehammer when U.S. troops stormed into Baghdad in 2003 said Iraq was in a better shape under his rule ...

Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, stated that the recovered items include "the statue of the sun god ... a Japanese archaeological mission that operated in ...