Hidden for decades, the colossal alabaster statue was recently re-excavated in the ancient city of Dur-Sharrukin in northern Iraq. Weighing an astonishing 18 tons and standing over 12 feet tall ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi man who was filmed attacking Saddam Hussein's statue with a sledgehammer when U.S. troops stormed into Baghdad in 2003 said Iraq was in a better shape under his rule ...

The head of the statue (L) is preserved in the Iraqi Museum while the body (R) was re-discovered recently. Credit: Iraqi antiquity The recent discovery of a Lamassu deity dating back to almost ...