| Description | Folder of presscuttings relating to Iraqi archaeology and architecture, including exhibition reviews, news of important excavations of Assyrian and Mesopotamian sites, reports of antiquities damaged during the Second Gulf War (1990-91), several review features on Ihsan Fethi and John Warren's book 'Traditional Houses in Baghdad' (1982) as well as promotional fliers for the book, building preservation and urban planning in Baghdad, an interview with Iraqi architect Basil Al-Bayati (1985), reports on restoration of the medieval Abbasid Mustansiriyah School building in Baghdad as well as the Baghdadi Museum, the transportation of a minaret threatened by dam-building, excavations in Southern Iraq, a clay factory reconstructing bricks to rebuild Ishtar's temple at Ashur, two articles from the Baghdad Observer by L.Y. Barkho on the researches of Dr Ryszard Mazurowski and his Polish team of archaeologists working at Raffan, other articles on British archaeological expeditions, the ancient sites of Karrana and Tell Harmal, and the architectural treasures of Sulaimaniya. |