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Ancient Assyrian winged-bull statues with human heads at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Visitors to the museum are dwarfed by an Assyrian winged-bull statue.
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Visitors admire Assyrian mural sculptures at the museum.
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Some of the hundreds of recovered artefacts from different archaeological sites across the country now on display in Baghdad.
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An Assyrian relief at the museum in Baghdad.
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Iraqi Minister of Culture Hassan Nadhem, left, visits the exhibition at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad.
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Antiquities displayed during an exhibition of archaeological discoveries by local and international missions in Iraq in 2021.
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A few of the ancient artefacts recovered in 2021.
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Part of the display of antiquities at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad that were recovered by archaeologists in 2021.