Akkadian Healing Therapies in the Babylonian Talmud - A preprint version of an article by M. J. Geller of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Geller proposes utilising the Babalonian Talmud as an account of then current Akkadian cultureal practaces. - http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/Preprints/P259.PDF
Lyre of Ur - Non-profit organization researching the background and the making of the original instrument. Includes drawings and photos. [English, German and French] - http://www.lyre-of-ur.co.uk/
The 2003- Iraq War and Archaeology - Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting. - http://iwa.univie.ac.at
Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III - Clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient pictographic writing system known as cuneiform from the Library of Congress’ collections. - http://international.loc.gov/intldl/cuneihtml/cuneihome.html
Iraq Museum International - The history and cultural heritage of Iraq. Invites the active participation of the Iraq reconstruction community as well as students, professors, professionals and cultural enthusiasts from all countries. - http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/
Museum Madness in Baghdad - Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2004. April 2003, during the mayhem that followed the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, looters entered the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad, and stole or destroyed artifacts. In the confusion, no one outside Iraq knew exac - http://www.meforum.org/article/609
Enheduanna, Daughter of King Sargon: Princess, Poet, Priestess - Transoxiana 8. Portrait of a Near Eastern woman, in 2300 B.C. Enheduanna represented a strong and creative personality, an educated woman, and one who fulfilled diverse roles in a complex society, not unlike women's aspirations today. - http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/0108/roberts-enheduanna.html
Iraqi Police Recover Stolen Artifacts in Sting Operation - From Voice of America, security officials in Iraq say a sting operation has recovered hundreds of stolen artifacts destined for overseas black markets. - http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=CD46F085-327D-4A44-9EE002921B40ADDC
Airmen, Iraqis Dig Up Ancient Site - Iraqi archeologists have determined the air base has at least one site with artifacts dating back to between 1200 B.C. and 2600 B.C. - http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007778
Diyala Miscellaneous Objects Publication Project - This project is the final pre-publication work on a two-volume set that will complete the presentation of base data from the 1930-38 in the Diyala River basin of northeast of Baghdad. - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/DIY/Diyala1.html
Khorsabad Excavations - A report of the excavations by the Oriental Institute at Khorsabad from 1928 to 1935. - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/KHO/Khorsabad_Ex.html
Nippur - Sacred City of Enlil - Archeological findings, this article originally appeared in Al-Rafidan, Vol. XIV, 1993. - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NIP/PUB93/NSC/NSC.html
Nineveh: Babylonian Texts - The British Museum's Ashurbanipal Library Project focused on the Babylonian texts from Nineveh (Kouyunjik) is investigating the kind of Babylonian compositions the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) ordered to include into his royal library and thei - http://assyriologie.uni-hd.de/fincke/nineveh/
Comets, Meteors, and Myths - From Space.com, suggests evidence that a giant comet impact and associated meteor storms could have wiped out early civilizations and caused a great flood. - http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/comet_bronzeage_011113-1.html
Kill Looters, Urges Archaeologist - From Guardian Unlimited, an American archaeologist urged her compatriots to kill the looters who are pillaging archaeological sites in Iraq. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,994460,00.html
Modern Warfare Blights Iraq's Ancient Past - Renewed conflict could boost looting of Mesopotamia, archaeologists fear. - http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021127/UANTIOO/International/international/internationalAfricaHeadline_temp/1/1/6/
Iraq Appeals to Berlin for Return of Babylon Gate - From the Guardian, Iraq urges Germany today to return chunks of Babylon shipped to Berlin at the beginning of the last century in a heritage seizure which makes Britain's removal of the Parthenon Marbles look tame. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,709809,00.html
Agade - A short description of the ancient city of Agade. - http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/archaeology/sites/middle_east/agade.html
The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire - By gathering all available data on persons and personal names in the Neo-Assyrian period, PNA is a research tool that makes this large body of information accessible to Assyriologists and scholars in related fields. - http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/pna.html
Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur - Museum exhibit with archived information about C. Leonard Woolley's excavation of the royal tombs at Ur. Related images. Discussion of Woolley's theory of the Great Flood. - http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/ur/ur.htm
Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh - Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite. - http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.html
The Nippur Expedition - A description of University of Chicago excavations at Nippur. Includes: annual reports, articles and images. - http://asmar.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NIP/Nippur.html
Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project - Project collecting all published and non-published Assyrian texts to make them available on-line. - http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/cna.html