War and neglect have taken on Iraq’s archaeological sites. A museum in the southern city of Basra was shut after the Gulf War in 1991. In 2016, its collections were rehoused in a palace that belonged to former leader Saddam Hussein.
War and neglect have taken on Iraq’s archaeological sites. A museum in the southern city of Basra was shut after the Gulf War in 1991. In 2016, its collections were rehoused in a palace that belonged to former leader Saddam Hussein.