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The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Iraq through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project - Project collecting all published and non-published Assyrian texts to make them available on-line. 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. An Early Achaemenid Administrative Text from Uruk - Translation, transliteration, and drawing of tablet. 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. 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. 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. Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III - Clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient pictographic writing system known as cuneiform from the Library of Congress’ collections. 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. 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. Iraq: Navel of the World - A collection of ancient and pre-modern Iraqi objects on display at the Ashmolean Museum. 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. Kill Looters, Urges Archaeologist - From Guardian Unlimited, an American archaeologist urged her compatriots to kill the looters who are pillaging archaeological sites in Iraq. 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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