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Reopening of the National Baghdad Museum - in pictures

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Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad reopened to the public after renovation and maintenance work.  All photos: EPA
The museum showcases Iraqi artefacts recovered from the US, Netherlands, Japan, Italy, and Lebanon.
The museum was closed in 2019 for security reasons, amid escalating anti-government protests in the city.
Treasures dating back 2,500 years to the neo-Assyrian empire alongside ninth century Islamic antiquities went back on display.
A lion head made of pottery dated to 2112-2004 BC is on display.
An obelisk of white stone that belonged to King Dadusha of the Eshnunna dynasty, 1830- 1760 BC.
The museum, which has stood at its present site since 1966, was ransacked amid the chaos that followed the US-led invasion of 2003 that toppled former dictator Saddam Hussein.
The authorities have recovered around a third of about 15,000 artefacts that were looted.
ISIS, which controlled swathes of Iraq between 2014 and 2017, carried out large-scale destruction of ancient sites, as well as trafficking in antiquities.

Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad reopened to the public after renovation and maintenance work. All photos: EPA

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