Ancient artefacts in Iraq's once-celebrated Mosul museum and its 2,500-year-old treasures were smashed into little pieces when Islamic State group fighters seized the northern city of Mosul in 2014 and made it their seat of power for three years. The artifacts are being given a second life thanks to restoration efforts backed by French experts.
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: 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
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