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This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

The home of Iraq's former prime minister now houses historical manuscripts.

At the heart of an otherwise bustling city lies some oddly abandoned and ignored historical ruins.

One of the largest cemeteries in the world.

A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

The legendary fortress of a female Kurdish warrior leader.

Qshla Koya is an Ottoman fortress located on a hillock in the central quarter of Koya.

The history of Mar Behnam Monastery is that of violence, intolerance, resiliency, and spirituality.

A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

This former monument to an invented Iraqi victory was turned into a military camp during the subsequent invasion.

This ancient stone bridge is a hub for daredevils.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

This tilted minaret and mosque are a feat of modern engineering.