The threat to world heritage in Iraq: index of photographs

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There are many more photographs of pre-Islamic archaeological sites on John Sanders' Archaeological Site Photography: Mesopotamia at the University of Chicago. Yasser Tabaa's Visions of Iraq: Topography and Historical Monuments at Oberlin College has many images of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic monuments too.

Anah	The minaret at Anah. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority.
Arbil	The ancient citadel of Arbil.
Ashur	View of Ashur.	The ziggurrat of the god Ashur's temple at Ashur. © ER 2001.	The tombs of the Middle Assyrian kings at Ashur.
Babylon	The restored temple of Nabû sha harê at Babylon. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority.
Baghdad	The facade of the Abbasid "palace" (madrasa) in Baghdad. © ER 2001	The courtyard of the Abbasid "palace" (madrasa) in Baghdad. © ER 2001	The interior of the Khan Mirjan in Baghdad. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977	The ceiling of the Khan Mirjan in Baghdad. © ER 2001	The Kadhimain mosque. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977	A mosque in Baghdad, near the Mansur Hotel. © ER 2001	The Iraq Musum, Baghdad. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977	The medieval suq in Baghdad, bombed in 1991. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977
Basra	A traditional house in Basra. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority.
Ctesiphon	The fourth-century arch at Ctesiphon. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977
Aqar Quf -- Dur-Kurigalzu	The ziggurrat at Dur-Kurigalzu. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977
Hatra	Greek-style temple facade at Hatra. © ER 2001.	Parthian-style temple facade at Hatra. © ER 2001.	Parthian-style temple entrance at Hatra. © ER 2001.	Colonnades at Hatra. © ER 2001.	Colonnaded temple at Hatra. © ER 2001.
Imam al-Dor	Imam al-Dor. © raqi State Antiquities Authority.
Maltai	Neo-Assyrian rock relief at Maltai.
Mosul	Imam Yahya Abul Qasim in Mosul. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority	View of Mosul from the Tigris. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977	The minaret of the Mosul mosque. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977	View of Mosul. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977
Nimrud -- Kalhu	View of Nimrud.	The ziggurrat at Nimrud. © ER 2001.	The entrance to the throneroom of the Southwest Palace, Nimrud. © ER 2001.	A courtyard of the Southwest Palace, Nimrud. © ER 2001.	Remains of the Southwest Palace, Nimrud. © ER 2001.
Nineveh -- Kouyunjik and Nebi Yunus	A view of Mosul and the city walls of Nineveh from Kouyunjik. © ER 2001.	The city walls of Nineveh . © ER 2001.	A view of Nineveh from Kouyunjik. © ER 2001.	Inside Sennacherib's Palace, Kouyunjik. © ER 2001.	Nebi Yunus (Jonah's Tomb), viewed from Kouyunjik. © ER 2001.	Nebi Yunus.
Nippur	The ziggurrat at Nippur.
Samarra	The spiral minaret at Abu Dulaf, 15 km north of Samarra. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority	The spiral minaret at Samarra. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977	Qasr al-Ashiq, Samarra. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority	The Caliphal Palace, Samarra: main entrance, Bab al-'Amma. © Alastair Northedge	The Caliphal Palace, Samarra: small serdab (underground chamber). © Alastair Northedge
Tekrit	The mihrab (prayer niche) of the Jami' al-Arba'in mosque in Tekrit. © Alastair Northedge
Ukhaidir	View of Ukhaidir. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority	Inside the gate, Ukhaidir. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority	Inside the courtyard, Ukhaidir. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority	Inside the mosque at Ukhaidir. © Iraqi State Antiquities Authority
Umma	Official excavations in progress, Umma. © ER 2001.	Damage from illegal excavations, Umma. © ER 2001.
Warka -- Uruk	View of Uruk. © ER 2001.	The ziggurrat at Uruk. © ER 2001.	The Steingebaude, Uruk, c. 3000 BC. © ER 2001.	The Irigal temple, Uruk, c. 300 BC. © ER 2001.
Zaho	The bridge at Zaho. © Iraqi Ministry of Information 1977
Zibliyyat	The remains of Zibliyyat. © Alastair Northedge

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Created on 10 March 2003 for JNP by ER, last updated on 9 April 2003. © JNP and ER. For further information please contact Professor Nicholas Postgate jnp10@cam.ac.uk or Dr Eleanor Robson eleanor.robson@all-souls.ox.ac.uk.