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This video explores the Ziggurat of Ur, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, one of the best-preserved monuments of ancient Mesopotamia and the center of the Sumerian city of Ur. Rising above the surrounding ...
News Iraq » Dhi Qar » Culture: Iraq hopes to lure Christian pilgrims with new church in ancient Ur
BAGHDAD, March 10 (Reuters) - The bell of a new church built near Iraq's ancient city of Ur chimed for the first time last week as part of a push to lure back pilgrims to a country that is home to one ...
News Iraq » Dhi Qar » Culture: ‘Water is life’: Unexpected rainfall revives Iraq’s historic marshlands
Iraqi Marsh Arab houses which are made of reeds are seen at the Chebayesh marsh in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, in this April 13, 2019 file photo. — Reuters An Iraqi Marsh Arab girl paddles her boat at the ...
News Iraq » Dhi Qar » Culture: Droughts in Iraq endanger buffalo, and farmers' livelihoods
DHI QAR, Iraq, April 30 (Reuters) - Iraq’s buffalo population has more than halved in a decade as the country's two main rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, suffer severe droughts that endanger the ...