An emotional Iraqi man bursts into tears as he visit the Assyrian
gallery July 3, 2003 duirng a brief re-opening of the Baghdad museum to
display the ancient Nimrud treasures. One of the most significant
archaeological finds of the 20th century, the Nimrud treasures -
excavated in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud near present day Mosul
- was found safe and undamaged in a Baghdad bank vault earlier this
week. The Nimrud treasures date back to 900 BC consisting in gold
artefacts and precious gems have not been seen since the early 1990's.
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