The Italian Ambassador to Iraq Maurizio Greganti inaugurated the plaque at the Basra Museum in memory of Italy’s donation to the Government and the Iraqi people of the reproduction of the “Bull of Nimrud”, a jewel of Assyrian art destroyed by the iconoclastic fury of the Isis-Daesh in 2015.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by numerous Iraqi authorities, including the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Fakak al Badrani, the Director of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Ali Shalgham, and the Director of the…
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