Laith Majeed Hussein, director of Iraq's Antiquities and Heritage Authority, sits at his desk at his office in the capital Baghdad. AFP
Iraqi caretaker Ali Mansour, 77, places a flower on the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) in the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad. AFP
A picture shows the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) in the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad. AFP
Ali Mansour, the caretaker of the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad, where British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) is buried. AFP
A picture shows the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), with a plate mentioning the name of Tamara Chalabi, from an influential Iraqi family who grew up in exile and returned to Iraq in 2005 after the US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, after Miss Chalabi paid to repair and clean Bell's grave, in the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad. AFP
A view of the statue of Nabu, the Mesopotamian god of wisdom and knowledge, originally found near one of the gates of the deity's temple in the city of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), on display outside the Iraqi National Museum in the capital Baghdad. AFP
A view of a list of names of the chiefs of Iraq's Antiquities and Heritage Authority inscribed on a door at its premises in the capital Baghdad, topped by Gertrude Bell who was director between 1922-1926. AFP
Laith Majeed Hussein, director of Iraq's Antiquities and Heritage Authority, sits at his desk at his office in the capital Baghdad. AFP
Iraqi caretaker Ali Mansour, 77, places a flower on the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) in the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad. AFP
A picture shows the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) in the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad. AFP
Ali Mansour, the caretaker of the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad, where British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) is buried. AFP
A picture shows the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), with a plate mentioning the name of Tamara Chalabi, from an influential Iraqi family who grew up in exile and returned to Iraq in 2005 after the US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, after Miss Chalabi paid to repair and clean Bell's grave, in the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad. AFP
A view of the statue of Nabu, the Mesopotamian god of wisdom and knowledge, originally found near one of the gates of the deity's temple in the city of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), on display outside the Iraqi National Museum in the capital Baghdad. AFP
A view of a list of names of the chiefs of Iraq's Antiquities and Heritage Authority inscribed on a door at its premises in the capital Baghdad, topped by Gertrude Bell who was director between 1922-1926. AFP
Laith Majeed Hussein, director of Iraq's Antiquities and Heritage Authority, sits at his desk at his office in the capital Baghdad. AFP