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Iraqi artist preserves Iraqi heritage in 3D exhibition

An Iraqi engineer leads his own mission to preserve Iraq's heritage in 3D reconstructions.
Foreign tourists visit the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, south of Baghdad, Iraq November 14, 2018. Tourist agencies resumed work after the defeat of the Islamic state in Mosul. Picture taken November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily - RC1E92A8FAA0

Over decades of modernization, poor restoration of ancient sites and fierce wars, Iraq has lost many of its monuments. What was once Mesopotamia's fertile ancient cities now lie in ruins surrounded by deserts, while Iraq's major cities lost their famous buildings and genuine architectural styles.

This led Paris-based Iraqi engineer and artist Kais Jacob Ishak to work on a cultural project preserving Iraq’s heritage through 3D reconstructions. With the three-dimensional designs strolls through the streets of ancient Babylon, Ur, Nineveh, Abbasid Baghdad and Ottoman Mosul have become quite possible.

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