Medieval remains of ancient Mesopotamia and

Today, we go into the past, which was sealed in a more approximate time, but also for a long time. Most of the pictures dated from the beginning of XX-th century. However, there are exceptions. So there you go.

Kind of an aerial view of the Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil in Samarra, the distance is the later medieval city, it is noticeable that it is entirely a little more of the Great Mosque. It was the largest mosque in the Caliphate.





The excavation of the palace of the caliphs in Samarra, in the background Mutawakkil mosque and its minaret Mulvey (shell)



The walls of the Great Mosque of Mutawakkil. The length of the sides of the mosque 240 156 meters.



Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra.



Muezzin in Baghdad.



The market in Baghdad



Fortress tower Talisman in Baghdad.



Ships on the Tigris are the same as a thousand years ago.



This landmark melt. tool called Cuff, even in these baskets Sumerians navigated the Tigris.





Cuff can be both large and small, for one person.



Ships on the Tigris



Ruins of Babylon.





Ishtar Gate in Babylon.



The gates of the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon.



The ruins of the Assyrian city of Ashur its ziggurat in the background.



Ziggurat of Ur.





The western wall of the ziggurat at Ur.



Oplyvshy ziggurat at Nimrud.



Ruins Sassanian palace at Ctesiphon.





Holy Shiite city of Najaf is buried in the sand.



The city walls Najaf



Najaf - a panorama of the city.



City of the Dead in Najaf.



"Sennacherib's Castle" - the ruins of the fortress walls in Mosul.



Sanctuary Yazidis in Mosul.



Gateway to the walls of Erbil in northern Iraq.



Khatun Mausoleum Zimurrud in Baghdad.





The minaret in the city of Hilla.