Treasures of Iraq: Part Two

Photograph of statue of Hatra king holding a smaller statue
Photograph of alabaster relief of winged deity pointing a dagger toward a goat
Photograph of limestone relief of King Shalmaneser III of Assyria, meeting King Marduk-zakir-shumi, Babylonian king
Photograph of life-size marble sculpture of head, possibly of Inana, the Sumerian goddess of love and war
Photograph of gold bull-headed Sumerian lyre from royal cemetery of Ur
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This image will be included in an article in the July 2003 issue of National Geographic magazine on the plundering of Iraq's archaeological treasures.

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