Those are some of statues from Mesopotamia, or Iraq :)


Ancient ones - notice that Mesopotamia has the first civilizations on earth :)

the winged oxen in the National Museum, Baghdad
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45503000/jpg/_45503857_-5.jpg

Babylon lion, Babylon
http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/lion_of_babylon.jpg

statue of abbu, Hatra, Iraq
http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/statue_of_abbu.jpg

Hatra
http://www.gideonbodden.nl/irakfotos/hatra2.jpg

Hatra
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3274274899_92e88a507e.jpg

another mesopotamian statue
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1154/3166413788_f471221f8e.jpg

modern

Baghdad Airport sculpture
http://photos.andresperales.com/img/s4/v3/p265952743-3.jpg

Kahramana statue, Baghdad
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/006/e/f/iraqi_kahramana_statue_by_mujahidcom-d36j4lf.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3239243.jpg

Abu jaafar al masoor, Baghdad
http://s.alriyadh.com/2008/07/01/img/018039.jpg

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTs8S5aIEtLyFQtmFHgE3kjT6CTmF7F271bk2XjaHFDMPu-YCrapQ&t=1

Sharazad and Shariar statues (from the 1001 nights), Baghdad
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/27/world/sheherazade.533.jpg

http://www.nawiseh.com/monawat/iraq/080314034303D1m0.jpg

http://alrubiay.elaphblog.com/Blog/alrubiay/Album/abu_nawas.jpg

http://s.alriyadh.com/2008/08/15/img/158883.jpg


Victory Arch, Baghdad
http://iraqws.com/upload/gallery/201054-4420om36g5Ws.jpg

http://images.abolkhaseb.net/articles/nasb_qos_alnaser05.jpg

http://images.abolkhaseb.net/articles/qaws_alnaser2.jpg

Alamriya shelter statue, Baghdad
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/The_Cry.jpg

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPHCJkTriV4MF-GfE9GWY89bwNiIjFAetoPBiQffyxfWqfaXlx

museum square, Baghdad
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3355944.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3355948.jpg

iraqi fighter statue, Baghdad
http://alrafidain.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ot020.jpg?w=439&h=571

Iraqi Irani war memorial, Basrah
http://imup.dorar-aliraq.net/images/3626.jpg

http://www.sfari.com/photo/data/32/medium/16643.jpg

14Ramadan square statues (different timings), Baghdad
before 1979
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bagdad_moschee01.jpg

after 1979 (saddam's time)
http://www.freewebs.com/alldonne/SaddamStatueBefore.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/alldonne/SaddamStatueBefore.jpg

after 2003
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2709761.jpg

http://www.iraqws.com/upload/gallery/201054-28123KL6Jna27.jpg

Nusoor square, Baghdad
http://www.iraqwho.com/photo/images/AL_NUSOOR_SQ.jpg

http://up.arabseyes.com/upfiles/7a269793.jpg

tomb of the uknown solder, Baghdad
http://www.shutterpoint.com/photos/U/487082-Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier-Baghdad-Iraq_view.jpg

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/baghdad_unknown_IAA7189.jpg

http://www.elbaghdadi.com/oldbaghdaa/17.jpg

http://www.longwarjournal.org/photos/Images/IraqTOU550.jpg

martyrs monument baghdad

http://abbd1990.jeeran.com/iraq-pic/nsb%20alshaheed.jpg

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2002321.jpg

http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=184117.0;attach=362942;image

http://www.yourwonder.com/Photos/vD2A8A18A3087E074.jpg

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1890/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1890-37641.jpg

http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/38/3838/IMIYF00Z.jpg


add more pls :cheers:

Great thread! We have some very interesting pieces.

i wonder which ones are still standing ..

^^ the Iraqi fighter statue , iraqi solders in Basrah and obv. the old uknown solder ..
AlMasour statue was destroyed but they re-built it again ..
and arch victory is still there but the hands + the iranian helmets are removed ..
if the stupid last government went far with their plans 2 years ago .. we would have no statues in Baghdad ! but the rest are still there :) the American embassy interfered and stopped them !


heres AlLikaa one , its a nice one ....but they removed it :/ ..
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4fTTtJzkr6rpZSmZjNRjoigpuXf2Tq0RzuZg4WLa3trQulNsOpg&t=1

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/The_Union.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/The_Union_Monument_after_destruction.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs178.snc3/20576_276602472595_610497595_3472880_6620950_n.jpg

http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/14/69/85/29/ooooo_13.jpg

LOL at the "ليش"

btw, I remember creating a thread about this a while back..

really ? when and where !? if theres a thread then u can combine them maybe :D

Mesopotamia, or 'the country between two rivers', is the oldest civilisation to have flourished at the confluence of two rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. The Mesopotamians included various peoples, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Akkadians, who coexisted and succeeded one another, mixing and inter-relating in a Near East with a wide range of racial facets. These different peoples, who once lived along the banks of the two rivers, have left behind an archaeological heritage of inestimable value.How did they flourish in such a hostile environment? Where did their wealth come from? And how did this perfectly structured civilisation finally fade and disappear for ever?

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