Preserving Iraq's Heritage

Discover how ancient wonders at risk are being recorded and remembered

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What challenges is Iraq's heritage currently facing?

Explore Babylon in 3D

Thoughts from an Iraqi scholar

In depth: Iraq's heritage at risk

Rescuing heritage

Spotlight on saving the Lion of Babylon

Rescuing heritage, in action

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What challenges is Iraq's heritage currently facing?

Heritage in Conflict: Culture and the Battlefield

Ancient city of Hatra, Nimrud, and Nineveh

Documenting Babylon: Photography, drawings, and new technology

Explore Babylon in 3D

3D Model

Babylon, Iraq

3D Model

Babylon, Iraq

3D Model

Babylon, Iraq

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

In depth: Iraq's heritage at risk

Discovering Kurdistan

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

Ancient Iraq: Borsippa

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

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.

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

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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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