Mesopotamia
| Central Iraq 2012 | Kurdistan
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| Babylon Karbala Ctesiphon Baghdad National Museum |
Babylon
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| Driving in a dust storm, 3 miles E of Larsa Very, very poor visibility |
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| 53 miles SE of Babylon |
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| 35 miles SE of Babylon |
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| Babylon Rebuilt, from Saddam Palace |
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| Replica of Ishtar Gate |
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| Babylon Rebuilt |
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| Recreated Marduk Dragon |
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| "Alexander's Throne Room" "The spot where Alexander died" |
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| What is "authentic"? |
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| Original (?) stamped cuneiform brick |
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| Arabic stamped brick From Saddam Hussein era. |
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| Lion of Babylon |
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| Scotsman + Lion of Babylon Saddam palace in background |
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| Authentic (?) ruins |
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| New and Old |
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| Saddam's Palace, from Babylon |
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| Saddam's Palace |
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| Palace Interior |
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| Palace Skater |
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| Palace Ceiling |
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| Euphrates, from Saddam Palace |
Karbala
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| Billboards en route to Karbala |
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| Karbala |
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| Imam Al Abbas Shrine |
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| Imam Hussein Shrine |
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| Imam Al Abbas Shrine |
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| Imam Hussein Shrine |
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| Imam Al Abbas Shrine |
Ctesiphon
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| Ctesiphon |
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| Ctesiphon Arch |
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| Preserved left-hand side |
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| Rebuilt right-hand side |
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| Arch up close |
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| Below the arch |
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| Security |
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Baghdad
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| A glimpse of the Tigris |
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| Saddam's Victory Arch In the Green Zone |
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| Strange street art. |
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| Contrasting religious posters. |
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| Martyr's Monument |
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| Martyr's Monument |
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| Below Martyrs' Monument Poster shows P.M. signing Saddam's death warrant. |
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| Below Martyrs' Monument |
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| Uruk Hotel |
National Museum
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| National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad |
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| Khorsabad Room: Lamassu + Nabu |
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| Giant Lamassu |
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| Giant Lamassu |
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| Scotsman + Giant Lamassu |
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| Nabu, God of Wisdom and Writing |
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| Scotsman + Nabu |
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| Two mid-sized Lamassu |
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| Panel of glazed bricks. |
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| State of King Shalmanezzer III ~ 830bc |
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| Wall of buttresses and gods. From Uruk ~1430bc |
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| Miniature Lamasu |
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| Scotsman + Miniature Lamasu |
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| Bronze model of Neo-Assyrian Walls |
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| Copper Axe |
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| Hexagonal cuneiform texts |
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Mesopotamia
| Kurdistan
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