Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments

Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments presents a topographical survey of the standing historical monuments and architecture in the region from Iraqi Kurdistan and South Eastern Anatolia (Turkey), to Southern Iraq. A work in progress, this monument survey covers all historical periods from ancient to modern. It includes ancient Mesopotamian rock reliefs carved into the cliff faces of the mountains, early Christian churches and monasteries, early Islamic, Ottoman and twentieth century architecture and monuments. This database of images invites you to explore the multiple layers of the rich historical landscape of Mesopotamia. Envisioned and directed by Professor Zainab Bahrani, the basis of the survey is an on-going field project that assesses the condition of monuments, maps their locations and records them with  digital techniques in order to provide a record and to facilitate future preservation work across this region.

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• Malko, Helen. Preserving the Past: The Mapping Mesopotamian Monument Project. The Ancient Near East Today. January 2016.
• Bahrani, Zainab. Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments. New York Society Newsletter, Arachaeological Institute of America. September 2015.  
• Malko, Helen. Neo-Assyrian Rock Reliefs: Ideology and Landscape of an Empire. From Assyria to Iberia Exhibition Blog. October 2014.

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