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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
An artefact coming from the area of Mosul and dating back to the second century B.C is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
Artefacts coming from the area of Mosul and dating back to the second century B.C is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
A statue dating back to the eighth century B.C is displayed at the entrance of Iraq's national museum during its official reopening on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
An artefact coming from the area of Mosul and dating back to the second century B.C is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
An artefact is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
Artefacts are displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
An artefact is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
A statue dating back to the eighth century B.C is displayed at the entrance of Iraq's national museum during its official reopening on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
An artefact is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
An artefact coming from the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim and dating back to 1227 AD is displayed during the official reopening of Iraq's national museum on February 28, 2015 in the capital Baghdad. The national museum reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
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Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
People walk past a bas-relief displayed in the Assyrian hall at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on March 1, 2015, during the official reopening of the museum. Iraq's national museum officially reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
People walk past a bas-relief displayed in the Assyrian hall at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on March 1, 2015, during the official reopening of the museum. Iraq's national museum officially reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
People looks at a bas-relief displayed in the Assyrian hall at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on March 1, 2015, during the official reopening of the museum. Iraq's national museum officially reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
People walk past a bas-relief displayed in the Assyrian hall at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on March 1, 2015, during the official reopening of the museum. Iraq's national museum officially reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
A man walks past artifacts displayed at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on March 1, 2015, during the official reopening of the museum. Iraq's national museum officially reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
People walk past artifacts displayed at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on March 1, 2015, during the official reopening of the museum. Iraq's national museum officially reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iraq reopens Baghdad museum 12 years after looting
People walk between two lamassu statues, an Assyrian deity often depicted as a winged-bull with a human head, in the Assyrian hall at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad on March 1, 2015, during the official reopening of the museum. Iraq's national museum officially reopened after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
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