Iraq Collection (page 12)

IRAQ / UR
Excavated residential housewalls and part of the reconstructed Ziggurat

Iraq / Amara C1700
Amara: general view of the town, with travellers in the foreground

Iraq / Samarra / Tigris 1846
Samarra: on the Tigris, above Baghdad

Mounted Troops in Iraq
British cavalry and their allies in action in the deserts of Iraq. Mounted troops are best suited to cope with the difficult desert terrain and Iraqi climate

Iraq Tigris
View on the Tigris

IRAQ MOSUL
General view of the town, seen from the farther bank of the Tigris

Iraq Baghdad
Mosque and market-place in the old city

Camel Caravan Iraq 1979
A camel caravan trekking south for the winter months, south- west of Basra, Iraq

Nineveh is Taken
NINEVEH, chief city of the Assyrian empire, is taken by the Babylonians, Medes and Scythians after a three-month siege

Babylon Tourist 1971
Babylon: a tourist admiring some excavated walls behind the Ishtar Gateway

Black Stele / Shalmaneser
This obelisk of black marble was found by Layard in the centre of the mound of Nimrud, and it is now in the British Museum. The four sides depict the life of Shalmaneser III

Iraq / Nineveh / Reconstr
A reconstruction of the elaborate exitway to the Kings Palace at Nineveh. This is a reconstruction of the Palace of Sennacherib (c 8BC) or Ashurbanipal (c 7BC)

Hanging Gardens / Munster
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife, Amyitis who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River

King Faisal at Berlin
King Faisal visits Berlin

IRAQ / BAGHDAD / 1857
A view of Baghdad town, showing camels, horses and people milling about the streets

IRAN / KURDS C. 1840
Two Kurds in traditional dress

Baghdad / Plan 1719
Baghdad: plan of the city walls, with the River Tigris in front

Baghdad / River 1918
Baghdad: view of the river

Baghdad / River Houses
Baghdad: view of the river line of houses from the British Residence to Haji Selim s

Iraq / Khorsabad Reconstr
A reconstruction of the Palace of Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). Paul Emile Botta and Victor Place both dug at Khorsabad in the mid-19th century

Iraq / Archaeology / Lagash
A fragment of a siege stele, depicting the suppression of Umma by the forces of Lagash

Ctesiphon / Iraq
The gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad. It is traditionally recognised as the palace of Khosrow I

Babylon / 15C German View
A 15th century, German view of what Babylon may have looked like

Hydroplane on the Tigris
Hydroplane designed for rapid transit on the Tigris, Iraq

Nineveh / Calmet
NINEVEH - A plan of the city according to Diodorus Siculus and Father Kircher

7 Wonders / Babylon / Wonde
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River

7 Wonders / Babylon / Parr
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife, Amyitis who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces and used water from the Euphrates River

7 Wonders / Babylon / Picart
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River

Racial / Arabs / Syria 19C
A man from SYRIA, a woman from DAMASCUS, SYRIA a man from BAGHDAD, IRAQ

Iraq / Archaeology / Babylon
the Tower of Babel - as reconstructed by sir Henry Rawlinson

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