Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85…
The Great Mosque of Samarra is a mosque from the 9th century CE located in Samarra, Iraq.
Aššur, also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian Empire, the Middle Assyrian Empire, and for a time, of…
Samarra is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers north of Baghdad.
Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq.
The Iraq Museum is the national museum of Iraq, located in Baghdad. It is sometimes informally called the National Museum of Iraq.
Nineveh, also known in early modern times as Kouyunjik, was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city…
Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates…
Kish is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate. It was occupied from the Ubaid to Hellenistic periods.
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys over a set distance for…
Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria.
The Ziggurat of Ur is a Neo-Sumerian ziggurat in what was the city of Ur near Nasiriyah, in present-day Dhi Qar Province, Iraq.
Shuruppak, modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient…
Shanidar Cave is an archaeological site located on Bradost Mountain in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq.
Girsu was a city of ancient Sumer, situated some 25 km northwest of Lagash, at the site of what is now Tell Telloh in Dhi Qar Governorate,…
Bad-tibira, "Wall of the Copper Worker", or "Fortress of the Smiths", identified as modern Tell al-Madineh, between Ash Shatrah and Tell as…
Mosul Dam, formerly known as Saddam Dam, is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris river in the western governorate of Nineveh…
The University of Sulaimani is a public university located in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan Region - Iraq.
Tell Kunara is an ancient Near East archaeological site about 5 kilometres southwest of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab was an Iraqi poet, regarded as one of the most important contemporary Arab poets.
The Basrah Museum is a museum in the Iraqi city of Basra, housed in a former palace of Saddam Hussein.
