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    Preserving Iraq's Heritage

    Discover how ancient wonders at risk are being recorded and remembered

    In collaboration with

    World Monuments Fund

    What challenges is Iraq's heritage currently facing?

    ONLINE EXHIBIT

    Heritage in Conflict: Culture and the Battlefield

    Ancient city of Hatra, Nimrud, and Nineveh
    ONLINE EXHIBIT

    Documenting Babylon: Photography, drawings, and new technology

    Explore Babylon in 3D

    Babylonian Animal Gods

    3D Model

    Babylon, Iraq
    Nabu-sha-Khare Temple

    3D Model

    Babylon, Iraq
    Ishtar Gate - Processional Way

    3D Model

    Babylon, Iraq
    EDITORIAL FEATURE

    Babylon: Shifting Myth from Reality

    Robert Bevan shines a light on the ancient city’s unresolved history

    Thoughts from an Iraqi scholar

    Al-Hadba' Minaret

    Why we must remember lost heritage

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    In depth: Iraq's heritage at risk

    ONLINE EXHIBIT

    Discovering Kurdistan

    Erbil, Khinnis, Koya, Lalish, Maltai, Dalal bridge
    ONLINE EXHIBIT

    Ancient Iraq: Borsippa
    ONLINE EXHIBIT

    Al-Hadba' Minaret: A beacon for 700 years

    Rescuing heritage

    How WMF is helping to preserve Iraq's heritage, and the challenges they're facing

    ONLINE EXHIBIT

    World Monuments Watch: Amedy

    The historic hilltop town in northern Iraq is rich with unique monuments and intangible traditions, with a strong connection to its surrounding natural landscape.
    EDITORIAL FEATURE

    The Challenges of Rescuing Heritage

    Suzanne Bott explains the impact war and conflict has had on heritage sites in Iraq

    Spotlight on saving the Lion of Babylon

    ONLINE EXHIBIT

    Ancient Iraq: Lion of Babylon

    Rescuing heritage, in action

    Borsippa

    Babylon, Iraq

    Ctesiphon Arch

    Madain, Iraq

    Babylon 3D Laser Scanning and Modeling

    Ishtar Gate, Iraq

    Capacity Building

    Heritage Management Training in Erbil, Iraq

    Conservation Science

    Kurdistan Regional Survey of Heritage Sites, Iraq

    Conservation Science

    Documenting Babylon, Iraq

    Conservation Project

    Documentation of Ishtar Gate, Iraq

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