Archaeological Sites Located in Iraq
Asmar
The archaeological site of Asmar was the capital city of the Eshunna civilization, and is is located in the city of the same name in modern day Iraq.
Babylon
The archaeological site of Babylon was the capital of a small city state of Mesopotamia, named Babylonia, located in what is now Iraq, near the modern town of Hilla.
Baghdad
The modern capital city of Baghdad became the capital of the Abbasid dynasty in the 8th century AD.
Behistun Inscription (Iraq)
The Behistun inscription is a "rosetta stone" for Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian language.
Jundi-Shapur
Legendary town in the Susiana Plain of Iraq, built in the Sasanian period by Shapur I by Roman laborers
Khorsabad
Capital city of the Assyrian King Sargon II (721-705 BC) in present-day Iraq, excavated by James Henry Breasted in the 1920s and Paul Botta in the 1870s.
Husn el-Qadisiyah
Husn al-Qadisiyah is the ruins of an Abassid walled fort in Iraq.
Kufa
The archaeological site of Kufa was founded in the 7th century AD by the conquering armies of Umar.
Nimrud
The archaeological site of Nimrud is one of the most important Assyrian sites in the world.
Oriental Institute | The Nippur Expedition
The history and current excavations of the capital of the Mesopotamian culture, first settled around 6,000 years ago, from the Oriental Institute.
Samarra
The modern city of Samarra is located on the Tigris River; its earliest urban occupation dates to the Abbasid period.
Ur
The archaeological ruins of the Mesopotamian capital city of Ur, also known as Tell al-Muqayyar, is located near the modern town of Nasiriya in southern Iraq.
Tepe Gawra
The site of Tepe Gawra is a Mesopotamian city in northern Iraq, fifteen kilometers from the modern town of Mosul.
Uruk
The ancient Mesopotamian capital of Uruk is located on an abandoned channel of the Euphrates river about 155 miles south of Baghdad.
Telloh
The archaeological site of Telloh is the remains of an ancient Sumerian city called Girsu, occupied between 2500-2300 BC.
Ukhaidir
The Abbasid palace of Ukhaidir is located in Iraq, 75 miles southwest of Baghdad.