Agade - A short description of the ancient city of Agade.
Akkadian Healing Therapies in the Babylonian Talmud - A preprint version of an article by M. J. Geller of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Geller proposes utilising the Babalonian Talmud as an account of then current Akkadian cultureal practaces. [PDF]
Diyala Miscellaneous Objects Publication Project - This project is the final pre-publication work on a two-volume set that will complete the presentation of base data from the 1930-38 in the Diyala River basin of northeast of Baghdad.
Enheduanna, Daughter of King Sargon: Princess, Poet, Priestess - Transoxiana 8. Portrait of a Near Eastern woman, in 2300 B.C. Enheduanna represented a strong and creative personality, an educated woman, and one who fulfilled diverse roles in a complex society, not unlike women's aspirations today.
Iraq Museum International - The history and cultural heritage of Iraq. Invites the active participation of the Iraq reconstruction community as well as students, professors, professionals and cultural enthusiasts from all countries.
The 2003- Iraq War and Archaeology - Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.
Khorsabad Excavations - A report of the excavations by the Oriental Institute at Khorsabad from 1928 to 1935.
Museum Madness in Baghdad - Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2004. April 2003, during the mayhem that followed the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, looters entered the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad, and stole or destroyed artifacts. In the confusion, no one outside Iraq knew exactly what was taken or the identity of the thieves.
Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project - Project collecting all published and non-published Assyrian texts to make them available on-line.
Nippur - Sacred City of Enlil - Archeological findings, this article originally appeared in Al-Rafidan, Vol. XIV, 1993.
The Nippur Expedition - A description of University of Chicago excavations at Nippur. Includes: annual reports, articles and images.
The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire - By gathering all available data on persons and personal names in the Neo-Assyrian period, PNA is a research tool that makes this large body of information accessible to Assyriologists and scholars in related fields.
Kill Looters, Urges Archaeologist - From Guardian Unlimited, an American archaeologist urged her compatriots to kill the looters who are pillaging archaeological sites in Iraq.
Iraq Appeals to Berlin for Return of Babylon Gate - From the Guardian, Iraq urges Germany today to return chunks of Babylon shipped to Berlin at the beginning of the last century in a heritage seizure which makes Britain's removal of the Parthenon Marbles look tame.
Comets, Meteors, and Myths - From Space.com, suggests evidence that a giant comet impact and associated meteor storms could have wiped out early civilizations and caused a great flood.
Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh - Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.
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