Ten years ago, on 19 March 2003, the US-led coalition force launched its second invasion of Iraq – an event that has had a profound effect on the country's archeology and museums as well as on its 34 million people. Museums have been ransacked, archeological sites plundered and the remains of the ancient city of Babylon have been damaged and contaminated by military action. Read more…
Image: US gunship over the Great Ziggurat of Ur