Iraqi museum restores treasures destroyed by jihadists

This picture taken on December 14, 2021 shows a fragment of an artefact bearing cuneiform inscriptions being reconstructed and reassembled at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP

A worker at the Mosul Museum tries to reassemble from broken fragments a larger artefact bearing cuneiform inscriptions, at the museum in Iraq's northern city on December 14, 2021. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP

This picture taken on December 14, 2021 shows a view of a larger fragment of a statue of the ancient Mesopotamian "lamassu" human-headed winged bull being reassembled at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP

This picture taken on December 14, 2021 shows a fragment of a statue of the ancient Mesopotamian "lamassu" human-headed winged bull being reconstructed and reassembled at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP

This picture taken on December 14, 2021 shows a fragment of an artefact bearing cuneiform inscriptions being reconstructed and reassembled at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP

This picture taken on December 14, 2021 shows a fragment of an artefact bearing cuneiform inscriptions being reconstructed and reassembled at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo by Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP

This picture taken on December 14, 2021 shows a fragment of an artefact bearing cuneiform inscriptions being reconstructed and reassembled at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo by Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP

A worker at the Mosul Museum takes notes while analysing artefact fragments to be reconstructed and reassembled at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city on December 14, 2021. - In the damaged Mosul Museum, Iraqis supported by French restoration workers sort through the fragments of 2,500-year-old remains destroyed by jihadists, part of efforts aiming for reconstruction. -- Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/ AFP