Irak Iraq Collection

The Tower of Babel, 1604 (oil on panel)
8933820 The Tower of Babel, 1604 (oil on panel) by Grimmer or Grimer, Abel (1570-1619); 51.1 x 66.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Abel Grimmer); Photo © Christie's Images.

The Tower of Babel (oil on copper)
8933816 The Tower of Babel (oil on copper) by Schoubroeck, Pieter (1570-1607); 45.4 x 77.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Pieter Schoubroeck); Photo © Christie's Images.

Haroun-al-Raschid mingling incognito among the ordinary people in Baghdad (colour litho)
498865 Haroun-al-Raschid mingling incognito among the ordinary people in Baghdad (colour litho) by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Tower of Babel (oil on panel)
8933815 The Tower of Babel (oil on panel) by Valckenborch, Lucas van (c.1535-97); 48.5 x 64 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Lucas van Valckenborch); Photo © Christie's Images.

King Nimrod ordering the construction of the Tower of Babel (oil on panel)
8933819 King Nimrod ordering the construction of the Tower of Babel (oil on panel) by Caullery, Louis de (c.1580-1621) (circle of); 48 x 62.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Tower of Babel, c.1650 (oil on canvas)
8933817 The Tower of Babel, c.1650 (oil on canvas) by Brueghel, Jan (1568-1625) (follower of); 53 x 76 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Historical Geography
5315172 Historical Geography; (add.info.: Historical Geography. 1900. Irak. Mosul's shops are mostly poor, and disproportionate grandeur is given to this fruit-seller's scantily furnished)

Stela of Shamshi-Adad V, ancient Assyria. (print)
7419911 Stela of Shamshi-Adad V, ancient Assyria. (print); (add.info.: The Stela of Shamshi-Adad V behind a sacrificial altar from Nimrud, ancient Assyria, modern day Iraq)

Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis (litho)
8660846 Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis (litho) by Morrow, Edwin A. (1877-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Croesus led before Cyrus on the Capture of Sardis)

Conquest of the Sea-Land by the Kassites (litho)
8660931 Conquest of the Sea-Land by the Kassites (litho) by Morrow, Edwin A. (1877-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Conquest of the Sea-Land by the Kassites)

Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho)
8660922 Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD)

Rameses II receiving a Copy of his Treaty with the Hittites (litho)
8660916 Rameses II receiving a Copy of his Treaty with the Hittites (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rameses II receiving a Copy of his Treaty with the Hittites)

Alexander the Great entering Babylon with Persian captives (engraving)
8635076 Alexander the Great entering Babylon with Persian captives (engraving) by Thorvaldsen, Bertel (1770-1844) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Modern Turkey (litho)
8661150 Modern Turkey (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern Turkey. The boundaries of the new Turkey were fixed by the Treaty of Lausanne, 1923)

The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq), 1925 (print)
XEE4148876 The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq), 1925 (print) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Anglo-Turkish conflict over Mosul (Iraq)

Pipeline to carry oil from Mosul; Iraq to Syria
3118441 Pipeline to carry oil from Mosul; Iraq to Syria; (add.info.: Pipeline to carry oil from Mosul; Iraq to Syria. Constructed in 1926.); Universal History Archive/UIG

palm trees street near Baghdad, Iraq in 1917
1754064 palm trees street near Baghdad, Iraq in 1917; (add.info.: palm trees street near Baghdad, Iraq in 1917); Photo: Tallandier

russian troops meeting english troops in Kasr-i-Shirin, Mesopotamia (today Iraq ) during the great war
1747077 russian troops meeting english troops in Kasr-i-Shirin, Mesopotamia (today Iraq ) during the great war; (add.info.: russian troops meeting english troops in Kasr-i-Shirin)

Mar Behnam Monastery, Iraq, detail of decoration, 12th century (stone)
AIS5338573 Mar Behnam Monastery, Iraq, detail of decoration, 12th century (stone); Mosul, Iraq; (add.info.: Chretian art: Convent of Saint Behnam (12th century), Iraq

Old Jew of Babylon, engraving 19th century, drawing by Emile. Bayard
JAB5037166 Old Jew of Babylon, engraving 19th century, drawing by Emile. Bayard; (add.info.: Old Jew of Babylon, engraving 19th century, drawing by Emile. Bayard); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Bagdad Iraq in late 18th century
3085296 Bagdad Iraq in late 18th century; (add.info.: Bagdad Iraq in late 18th century)

View of the old fortress under british control (english conquest) in Baghdad, Iraq in 1917
1753829 View of the old fortress under british control (english conquest) in Baghdad, Iraq in 1917; (add.info.: view of the old fortress under british control (english conquest) in Baghdad

Relief from the palace showing a lion hunted to death. 2nd millennium BC
529026 Relief from the palace showing a lion hunted to death. 2nd millennium BC.; (add.info.: Nineveh ancient city of Assyria, near modern-day Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq)

Babylon taken by Cyrus the Great (engraving)
8673434 Babylon taken by Cyrus the Great (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babylon taken by Cyrus the Great)

Double-decked horse cars, Baghdad (b/w photo)
8673138 Double-decked horse cars, Baghdad (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Double decked horse cars, Baghdad)

Turkish artillery crossing the Tigris, Baghdad, 1917 (b/w photo)
8673136 Turkish artillery crossing the Tigris, Baghdad, 1917 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turkish artillery crossing the River Tigris, Baghdad)

Map of the Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite Empires (litho)
8660960 Map of the Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite Empires (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite Empires)

Nabonidus sending Instructions to Belshazzar (litho)
8660925 Nabonidus sending Instructions to Belshazzar (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nabonidus sending Instructions to Belshazzar)

Babylonian lion (colour litho)
8663933 Babylonian lion (colour litho) by Heydel, Paul (1854-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babylonian lion. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer)

Antigonus on the road to Babylon (engraving)
8635128 Antigonus on the road to Babylon (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Antigonus on the road to Babylon. Illustration from Hellas)

Map depicting the cradle of western civilization, 6, 000 - 4, 000 BC. (print)
7420091 Map depicting the cradle of western civilization, 6, 000 - 4, 000 BC. (print); (add.info.: Map depicting the cradle of western civilization, 6, 000 - 4, 000 BC)

Excavations of 1843 in KHORSABAD, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
JAB4121958 Excavations of 1843 in KHORSABAD, Mesopotamia (Iraq).; (add.info.: Excavations of 1843 in KHORSABAD, Mesopotamia (Iraq).); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Essay on phlebotomy, or bloodletting in 12th century, 18th century (manuscript)
2625387 Essay on phlebotomy, or bloodletting in 12th century, 18th century (manuscript); (add.info.: The opening of an essay on phlebotomy, or bloodletting, by Ibn al-Tilmdh)

huge amphora found during the excavations in Troy (Asia Minor) 1873, engraving
1753731 huge amphora found during the excavations in Troy (Asia Minor) 1873, engraving; (add.info.: huge amphora found during the excavations in Troy (Asia Minor) 1873, engraving); Photo: Tallandier

Armistice day in Mesopotamia (today Iraq ) : native band playing "God save the king" outside the general
1747060 Armistice day in Mesopotamia (today Iraq ) : native band playing "God save the king" outside the general headquarters 1918; (add.info.: Armistice day in Mesopotamia (today Iraq )

Birs Nimrud, Babylon (engraving)
8635116 Birs Nimrud, Babylon (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birs Nimrud, Babylon. Illustration from Hellas)

Zedekiah is Blinded and taken to Babylon, 586 BC (litho)
8661282 Zedekiah is Blinded and taken to Babylon, 586 BC (litho) by Villegas y Cordero, Jose (1844-1921) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zedekiah is Blinded and taken to Babylon, 586 BC)

The Persians storming the Citadel of Babylon (litho)
8660926 The Persians storming the Citadel of Babylon (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Persians storming the Citadel of Babylon)

The Death of Alexander, BC 323 (litho)
8660728 The Death of Alexander, BC 323 (litho) by Piloty, Ferdinand II (1828-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Alexander, BC 323)

Masawaiyh, Mesue the Elder, with Harun al-Rashid, Bagdad, 1869 (Engraving)
7422844 Masawaiyh, Mesue the Elder, with Harun al-Rashid, Bagdad, 1869 (Engraving); (add.info.: Science. Medicine. Persian physician Masawaiyh, Mesue the Elder, with abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid)

Statue base of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad. foot. Sculpture circa 2250 BC Brought to Susa as war booty around 1250 BC
BEN5474070 Statue base of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad. foot. Sculpture circa 2250 BC Brought to Susa as war booty around 1250 BC. Mesopotamia. Dim: 0.470x0.640 m

Impression from cylinder seal with milking scene
6379535 Impression from cylinder seal with milking scene; 6 x 16.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; © Ashmolean Museum ; Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Woman of Baghdad in everyday dress of botanical-print robes, harem pants and sandals
FLO4722936 Woman of Baghdad in everyday dress of botanical-print robes, harem pants and sandals. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire

Woman of Baghdad in formal dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814)
FLO4722885 Woman of Baghdad in formal dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Ancient amulet used to ward off ghosts
3330383 Ancient amulet used to ward off ghosts; (add.info.: Ancient amulet used to ward off ghost. From Iraq. Dated 10th Century BC.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Assyrian Art (engraving)
8644767 Assyrian Art (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assyrian Art. Illustration for Architecture, Sculpture)

Indian troops in the North of Baghdad, here having somme rest, protected from the sun under improvised shelter made
1747089 Indian troops in the North of Baghdad, here having somme rest, protected from the sun under improvised shelter made with stretchers, april 03

Accession to the throne of King Faisal I of Iraq, 1921 (b/w photo)
8626584 Accession to the throne of King Faisal I of Iraq, 1921 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Accession to the throne of King Faisal I of Iraq)

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"Exploring the Rich History and Cultural Treasures of Iraq" Step back in time as we delve into the captivating ruins of Nineveh, a testament to the ancient glory that once graced Iraq's lands. Transporting ourselves to 1925, let us admire Whitely Bridge Ashar Basrah, an enchanting print capturing the beauty of Basrah city. Its architecture whispers tales of a bygone era. Nebi Younus near Nineveh stands tall, inviting us to marvel at its historical significance. This sacred site holds secrets from civilizations long past. Immerse yourself in Babylonian and Assyrian culture through their ornate headdresses and footwear showcased in exquisite prints. These artifacts speak volumes about their craftsmanship and artistic flair. Witness Arab women crushing ice in Baghdad - a snapshot frozen in time that reflects daily life during those years. Their resilience shines through even mundane tasks. Observe with reverence as The Mullah imparts wisdom upon eager minds. Education has always been valued throughout Iraq's history, shaping generations for brighter futures. Meet a Kurdish woman whose strength radiates through her eyes; she embodies the spirit of resilience amidst adversity. Her story is one among many untold narratives waiting to be discovered. Marvel at the rugged charm exuded by an Iraqi Kurdish tribesman who carries within him centuries-old traditions and cultural heritage passed down through generations. Join a Sheikh as he revels in simple pleasures amid breathtaking landscapes - his joy reminds us to appreciate life's little moments wherever we may find ourselves. Let your imagination soar over Baghdad's skyline, where modernity meets tradition seamlessly. A bustling metropolis filled with vibrant energy awaits those who venture here today. Travel back further still to witness Nebuchadnezzar's glorious statue immortalized on stone etchings from 1655 - an awe-inspiring tribute to ancient kingship that continues to captivate our imaginations today.