Iraq Collection (page 8)

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
Entrance to the temple, High Mound, Kalhu (Tell Nimrud). Date: 1852

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
Iron artifacts found in excavations at the site of ancient Nineveh. These include a chain, a socketed pick head and ring-mounted hooks. Date: 1874

Iraq / Tell Afar
An engraving showing Layards camp close to Tell Afer. Recent excavations close by at Qermez Dere have revealed evidence of an early Aceramic Neolithic settlement. Date: 1849

Iraq / Archaeology / Mosul
Excavations in progress at the site of ancient Mosul. Around 400 AD, the city of Mosul began to eclipse the dominant city of Nineveh, on the other side of the Tigris

Iraq / Khatouniyah
A view across the Lake and Island at Khatouniyah. Little is known about this site, but the high Tell deposits would suggest a long period of human occupation at the site. Date: 1853

City of Newcastle steamship, Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq
City of Newcastle, Ellerman-Hall Line steamship, at Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1933

Puabis Diadem and Headdress from the Royla Graves at Ur, Iraq - excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. Date: 1928

Khafaje Statuary - Sumerian and Akkadian. Khafajah or Khafaje (ancient Tutub) is an archaeological site in Diyala Province (Iraq). It was part of the city-state of Eshnunna. Date: 1932

Excavatons at the Sumerian site of Kish
Excavatons at the Sumerian Palace site of Kish. A general view from the remains of the Ziggurat, the Court and Pillared Wall, The Grand Hall of Columns and a variety of mudbricks found at the site

Sumerian Sculpture About 3000 B. C
A page from The Illustrated London News, 9 June 1934 issue, with an article by Dr Henry Frankfort, Director of the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Sumerian Cult-Statues
Two of the twelve statues found during excavations at Tell Asmar, fifty miles north-east of Baghdad. On the left is the Lord of Fertility, and to the left, the Mother Goddess

Amphibian biplane, Vickers Vulture II, Iraq
Amphibian biplane, Vickers Vulture II, at Djaliba (Jalibah), Iraq, on 21 April 1924, during an unsuccessful round the world flight attempt. Date: 1924

Fowls of the Air
A British biplane flies over Fallujeh, on the Euphrates river, Iraq. It is returning to the town of Hit with supplies purchased from market, a number of dead fowls, unplucked

Hunting scenes Assyrian relief
Hunting scenes of Ashurbanipal. Assyrian art. Relief on rock. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. NINEVEH. Kuyunjik. Nineveh. Palace of Ashurbanipal

Dividing the Finds - Iraq - Archaeology - Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell looking out into the desert - Iraq

Gertrude Bell beside her Aeroplane

The Naqibs House, Baghdad, Iraq

The Standard of the Anazeh

King Faisal I of Iraq among the Dulaim

Sir Hugh Bell in Gertrudes Sitting Room - Baghdad, Iraq
Sir Hugh Bell (1844-1931) in Gertrude Bells (1868-1926) Sitting Room - Baghdad, Iraq

The River Tigris, Iraq

An Anglo-Indian column in Baghdad during World War I
British-Indian troops marching through Baghdad during the First World War. Date: 1918

British Army in Mesopotamia, protection from insects, WW1
A British officer serving in Mesopotamia finds a solution to the fly problem while writing a letter. Date: 1916

Indian transport in Mesopotamia, 1916
Scenes with the British Army in Mesopotamia. Indian transport passing down a lane in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1916

Building the Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

The Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

Baghdad Railway Station, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

Christmas Postcard from the 512 Field Survey Company, M.E.F. (Middle Eastern Force) - serving The Middle East. The badges/flags of the regions/areas covered by (and in alliance with) the Co

Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-E
Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-Uzair. The present buildings (depicted here), which unusually comprise a joint Muslim and Jewish shrine

Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq
The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu at Aqar Quf, Iraq - built in the 14th century BC by the Kassite King Kurigalzu. Date: circa 1910s

Al-Kut - Iraq
Al-Kut (Kut al-Imara or Kut El Amara)) - city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River. Showing the famous Minaret of the Mosque

Iraq - Basra - Low Water in the Ashar Creek Date: 1918

Iraq - Basra - Bridge over the Khora Creek Date: 1918

Iraq - Basra - Strick Scott Creek. Date: 1918

Sitt Zumurrud Khatuns Tomb, Baghdad, Iraq
Sitt Zumurrud Khatuns Tomb. This is the most famous mausoleum in Baghdad. It is situated in the western sector of Baghdad not faraway from the main railway station.Erroneously ascribed to Sitt

Baghdad, Iraq - New Street Date: circa 1910s

Baghdad, Iraq - Mirjan Mosque
The Mirjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. Date: circa 1910s

WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - Basra - Government House on the Shatt al-Arab river. Date: circa 1917

Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard, featuring a World War One era soldier (serving on the Mesopotamian front) in patriotic pose before an inset view of the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad

District of Ashar, in Basra, Iraq on the Shatt El Arab waterway. Date: circa 1920s

Iraq - Sulaimaniya Date: circa 1930s

Percival Q6, YI-ROH, Bird of Eden, belonging to King Ghazi I of Iraq

Handley Page HP42E G-aGX Hannibal - Baghdad Airport Iraq
Handley Page HP42E, G-aGX, Hannibal at Baghdad Airport, Iraq

Turdoides altirostris, iraq babbler
Iraq babbler egg specimens

Minaret of the Al-Malwiya Great Mosque or Friday Mosque. 847-861. IRAQ. SALAH AD DIN. Samarra. Islamic art

IRAQ. Karbala. Ukhaider Castle (645). Islamic art. Architecture

IRAQ. SALAH AD DIN. Samarra. Al Askari Mosque. Fa硤 e decorated with mirrors

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