Other Sites
- Mosques and Imams
- Churchess and Monasteries
- Khans
- Palaces, Castles, Forts and Walls
- Irrigation works and Bridges
- Sites with Standing Buildings
- Major Excavated Sites
- Caves
- Museums
Planning
Timeline of Iraq's History and Culture
Go Back In TimeMosques and Imams
City of Baghdad
- Jami al Khulafa (Mosque of the Caliphs)
- Al-Madrasa al-Mirjaniyah
- Sheikh Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani
- Mausoleum of Zumurrat Khatun
- Shrines of Sheikh Maarouf, Sheikh Junayd, Al-Halaj, Babbek
- Sheikh Omar al-Sahrwardi
- Kadhimain
City of Mosul
- Al Hadba
- Imam Yahya Abul Qasim
- Imam Awn ad-Din
City of Basra
- Great Mosque (some 16km west of modern city each side of road to Zubair; standing minaret; damaged already in 1991)
- Al-Kawaz shrine
Other Locations
- Kerbela
- Kifil (minaret, mosque; shrine of Ezekiel)
- Nejef
- Kufa (as-Sahla mosque)
- Hira
- Samarra
- Samarra:Abu Dulaf
- Imam al-Dor
- Tekrit: Jami al-Arbain
- Arbil: Mudhaffariyah minaret
- Sheikh Adi
- Anah
- Haditha
- Hit
- Sinjar
- Sittna Zainab Mausoleum
- Wilada Mausoleum
Churchess and Monasteries
Churches
- Mar Isaya
- Mar Behnam
- Mar Mattai
- Rabban Hormuzd
- Mar Awraha
- Mar Elia
- Mar Mihail
- Qasr Serij
- Tekrit: Excavated monastry adjacent to medieval city wall
- Qusair
- Museifneh
Monasteries
- Mar Jurjis (N of Mosul)
- Mar Behnam
- Mar Mattai
- RabbanHormuzd
- Mar Awraha
- Mar Elia
- Mar Mihail
- QasrSerij
- Tekrit: excavated monastery adjacent to medieval city wall
- Qusair (7 km NW of Ukhaidhir)
- Museifneh (Eski Mosul)
Khans
- Khan an-Nuss
- Khan Thari (between Baghdad and Fellujah)
- Khan Beni-Saad
- Khan Merjan, Baghdad
- Khan al-Mahmoudiyah
Palaces, Castles, Forts and Walls
- Ain Sinu (Sinjar region)
- Bash Tabia (Mosul)
- Qara Sarai (Mosul)
- Samarra: Qasr al-Ashiq [photo]
- Samarra: Caliphal Palace (Qasr al-Khalifa)
- Samarra: Balkuwara Palace
- Samarra: Sur Ashnas,
- Qasr Anushirwan (on Baghdad-Suleimaniyah road)
- Al Qasr al Abbasi, Baghdad
- Al-Mustansiriyah (medreseh), Baghdad
- Stretch of city wall (in Min. of Defence by Al-Azbaki Mosque)
- Al-Bab al-Wastani
- Bab at-Talsum
- Taq Kisra
- Al-Ukhaidhir
- Wasit (restored medieval gate)
Irrigation Works and Bridges
- Bavian (Khinis) (canal head & reliefs)
- Faida (canal and reliefs)
- Bandwai (aka Shiru Maliktha; relief)
- Maltai(reliefs)
- Jerwan (aqueduct)
- Negub Tunnel (L. bank of Zab E of Nimrud)
- Ajilah barrage (E of Mosul)
- Ash-shellalat (N of Mosul)
- Bastura Chai (E of Arbil)
- Sedd Nahrawan
Medieval/Early Modern Bridges
- Jisr al-Abbasi, Zaho
- Jisr al Harba, south of Samarra
- Jisr Balad near Eski Mosul
Other rock-carved monuments
- Mila Mergi (735 BC)
- Gunduk (date unknown)
- Darband-i Gawr (2100 BC)
- Sheikhan (1900 BC)
Major Excavated Sites
- Tell al-Hawa
- Tell Koshi
- Nemrik
- Tell al-Rima
- Tell Tay
- Yarim Tep
- Telul eth-Thalathat
- Khirbet ed-Diniyeh -- Haradum
- Tepe Gawra
- Tell Billa -- Shibaniba
- Sheri(f) Khan -- Tarbis
- Arpachiya
- Balawat -- Imgur-Enli
- Qalinj Agha (Arbil
- Tell Hassun
- Tulul el-Aqar -- Kar-Tukulti-Ninurt
- Qal'at Jarmo
- Tell al-Fakhar
- Gerd-i Resh
- Tell as Sawwa
- Tell Aswad (Ramadi)
- Tell al-Dhibai (in Baghdad)
- Tell Mohammed (in Baghdad)
- Tell Asmar -- Eshnunna
- Tell Ishchali -- Nerebtum
- Khafajah -- Tutub
- Tell Agra
- Tell Aqr (Badra)
- Abu Habba -- Sippar
- Tell ed-Der (near Abu Habba)
- Tell Uheimir & Ingharra -- Kis
- Ishan Mizyad
- Tell Ibrahim -- Kutha
- Tell ed-Duleim -- Dilbat
- Tell Uqair
- Jemdet Nasr
- Abu Duwari -- Mashkan-shapir
- (Wanna es-)Sadun -- Marad
- Abu Salabik
- Fara -- Shuruppak
- Abu Hatab -- Kisurra
- Ishan al-Bahriyat -- Isin
- Tell Bismaya -- Adab
- Tell Ibzeikh -- Zabala
- Tell Jokha -- Umma
- Tello -- Girsu
- Al-Hiba -- Lagash
- Al Medina -- Bad-Tibira
- Tell as-Senkereh -- Larsa
- Tell al-Oueili
- Tell el-Lahm -- Kisiga
- Tell al Ubaid
- Abu Shahrain -- Eridu
- not marked on map:
- Tell Mahuz (Arbil Gov.)
- Kifrin (Haditha)
- Jebel Al-Tar caves
- Tell Umar -- Seleucia
- Umm al-Aqarib -- Umma
- Tell Shmi
- Tulul ash-Shuaib
Museums
- Ctesiphon
- Babylon
- Ashur
- Kerkuk
- Arbil
- Sulaimaniyah
- Dohuk
- Kut (Wasit)
- Amara (Meisan)
- Nasiriyyah (Dhiqar)
- Basra
- Baghdad (Iraq Museum)
- Mosul
Sites with Standing Buildings
Assyrian capitals
Khorsabad -- Dur-Sharrukin
Kuyunjik & Nebi Yunus – Nineveh
Nimrud Kalhu
Qalat Sherqat – Ashur
Babylonian cities
Aqar Quf -- Dur-Kurigalzu
T. Harmal (in Baghdad) Shaduppum
Babylon
Birs Nimrud Borsippa
Nuffar – Nippur
Warka – Uruk
Al Muqayyar -- Ur
Later sites
Hatra (Parthian capital city)
Zibliyyat (E of Abu Salabikh)
Khirbet Jaddala
Pai-kuli