In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, Iraqi workers mop the floor at the Assyrian Hall of the Iraq National Museum Baghdad. Assyria was a civilization located near the modern-day city of Mosul, now held by the Islamic State group, who published videos online showing the destruction of key Assyrian sites Nimrud and Hatra along with many other religious and cultural sites.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Maya Alleruzzo (AP)In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, a detail of a stone wall panel fo at the Assyrian Hall of the Iraq National Museum Baghdad. Assyria was a civilization located near the modern-day city of Mosul, now held by the Islamic State group, who published videos online showing the destruction of key Assyrian sites Nimrud and Hatra along with many other religious and cultural sites.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Maya Alleruzzo (AP)In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, stone figures from the ancient site of Hatra line a corridor of the Iraq National Museum the Iraqi capital. They remain some of the only treasures from Hatra, which the Islamic State group destroyed along with several ancient sites in Iraq and Syria as part of its campaign to cleanse the territory it controls of items the extremists deem as non-Islamic. After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by Islamic State group, the collections at the Iraq\x92s National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important. It\x92s now one of the places you can find relics from ancient cities that fell into the extremists\x92 hands. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Maya Alleruzzo (AP)FILE - In this Monday, March 7, 2016 file photo, Iraqis visit the Assyrian Hall surrounded by ancient artifacts of at the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad. After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by Islamic State group, the collections at the Iraq\x92s National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important. It\x92s now one of the places you can find relics from ancient cities that fell into the extremists\x92 hands. As many as 4,000 archaeological sites are still under the domination of IS and around 100 sites have been destroyed, according to Iraqi Culture Minister Firyad Rwandzi. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)Hadi Mizban (AP)In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, two women visit the Islamic Hall of the Iraq National Museum the Iraqi capital. Iraq was home to some of the most important cities of early Islam including Kufa and Karbala, and Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during its golden age in the 8th and 9th centuries. The Islamic hall displays pieces of Islamic art and architecture, including a burial casket of Imam Moussa Kadhim, a major figure in Shiite Islam. Elaborate stonework from the Grand Mosque in the northern city of Mosul, now under the Islamic State group's control, is also housed here.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Maya Alleruzzo (AP)In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, Iraqi workers mop the floor at the Assyrian Hall of the Iraq National Museum Baghdad. Assyria was a civilization located near the modern-day city of Mosul, now held by the Islamic State group, who published videos online showing the destruction of key Assyrian sites Nimrud and Hatra along with many other religious and cultural sites.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Maya Alleruzzo (AP)This Saturday, March 19, 2016 photo shows an inaugural leaflet from the grand opening of the Iraq Museum on Nov. 9, 1966. Established after WW1, the country' national museum contains treasures from Mesopotamian civilization. Gertrude Bell of Britain began collecting the artifacts in a government building in Baghdad in 1922 and eventually became the director of the museum. In the chaos that arrived along with U.S. troops in 2003, many treasures were looted or destroyed. More than a decade late, the Islamic State group has looted and destroyed several ancient sites in Iraq and Syria, making the museum?s preservation work even more critical.(Iraq National Museum via AP)APIn this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, a detail of a stone wall panel fo at the Assyrian Hall of the Iraq National Museum Baghdad. Assyria was a civilization located near the modern-day city of Mosul, now held by the Islamic State group, who published videos online showing the destruction of key Assyrian sites Nimrud and Hatra along with many other religious and cultural sites.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Maya Alleruzzo (AP)People walk past Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul and displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016, during a visit of the chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul are displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul are displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul are displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)An Assyrian artefact originally from Mosul is displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul are displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul are displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)A woman walks past Assyrian artefacts originally from Mosul displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)An Assyrian artefact originally from Mosul is displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)An Assyrian artefact originally from Mosul is displayed at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad on April 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE (AFP)
