Left in ruins by jihadists, Iraq's once-celebrated Mosul museum and its 2,500-year-old treasures are being given a second life thanks to restoration efforts backed by French experts.
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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
2021-12-20 11:18:25
Left in ruins by jihadists, Iraq's once-celebrated Mosul museum and its 2,500-year-old treasures are being given a second life thanks to restoration efforts backed by French experts.
Ancient artefacts in the museum 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.
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