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Al Jazeera

Twenty years after the US invasion, where are Iraq’s antiquities?

Iraq has a rich history with many ancient civilisations leaving artefacts behind - many of which were looted in the aftermath of the Iraq war [Adel Fakhir/Al Jazeera]

Baghdad, Iraq – Entering the Iraq National Museum in the centre of the capital Baghdad feels like travelling thousands of years back in time.

Beyond the gates lives the legacy of Mesopotamia with its Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian and Akkadian civilisations.

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