Rafidain العربية

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Basrah Museum

متحف البصرة

Across the agesBasra

It opened in 2016 in a former presidential palace on the Shatt al-Arab, with support from the British Museum and the Friends of Basrah Museum.

It shows finds from Sumer, Babylon, Assyria and the Islamic era, with a traditional marsh boat in its grounds.

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