"This project will return the Mosul Cultural Museum to its rightful place at the heart of the city and make it a cultural hub for the region," says the director, Zaid Ghazi Saadallah. The museum ...

Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after ...

Terrible acts of vandalism followed, with videos released by the group showing its members smashing artefacts at Mosul Museum and blowing up parts of the site of the Assyrian capital of Nimrud.

Archaeologists are painstakingly putting together artefacts at Nimrud shattered by Islamic State jihadists, undaunted by the ...

Archaeologists are restoring ancient treasures in Nimrud, an Assyrian city in Iraq, nearly a decade after its destruction by ...

One of the world's earliest empires, Assyria represents a crucial part of Iraq's cultural identity, which the so-called ...