🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Kashkar
Kashkar, also known as Kaskar, (Classical Syriac: ܟܫܟܪ), was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ܟܪܟܐ karḵa meaning "citadel" or "town".
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khan Mirjan
The Khan Mirjan (Arabic: خان مرجان) is a building in the souk of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai,…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Arabic: جامع النوري, romanized: Jāmiʿ an-Nūrī), also known as the Nouri Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, famous for its leaning…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khidr Elias Shrine
The Shrine of al-Khidr Elias (Arabic: مقام الخضر إلياس) is a small religious complex dedicated to al-Khidr located on the Shawaka shores of the Tigris river in Baghdad, Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
As-Salam Palace
As-Salam Palace (Arabic: قصر السلام, lit. 'Peace Palace') is a palace located on Al-Kindi Street in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel
The Babylon Rotana Baghdad Hotel is a 284-room hotel on the banks of the Tigris River, in the Al-Jadriya district of Baghdad, Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Nuzi
Bronze Age · culture of Ancient Mesopotamia
ancient Mesopotamian city
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Akkad (city)
Akkad was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the dominant political force in Mesopotamia during a period of about 150 years in the last third of the 3rd millennium BC.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
Assyrian Empire
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (modern Tulul ul Aqar (Telul al-Aqr) in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a new cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Al Zaqura Building
Al-Zaqura Palace (Arabic: قصر الزقورة) is an Iraqi government building situated in the Green Zone in the capital Baghdad.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khinnis Reliefs
Khinnis is an Assyrian archaeological site, also known as Bavian (its neighbouring village), in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Al-Ukhaidir Fortress
The Fortress of Al-Ukhaidir (Arabic: حصن الأخيضر) or Abbasid palace of Ukhaider is located roughly 50 km south of Karbala, Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Great Mosque of Kufa
The Great Mosque of Kufa (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْكُوفَة, romanized: Masjid al-Kūfa) is one of the earliest surviving mosques in the world, located in Kufa, Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Idu (city)
Idu, also Idum (Sātu Qalā) was an ancient Near Eastern town in the Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, on the right bank of the Lower Zab.