Shamash, 57, had good relations with Muslims during his childhood in Baghdad, even during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when - after the establishment of Israel - Iraq's government began ...

Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, stated that the recovered items include "the statue of the sun god, Maran Shamash, and rare murals from the 8th century B ...

(AP) Iraq's foreign minister announced on Tuesday the return of various artifacts and textured paintings from Japan and Switzerland. Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in ...

Mr. Shamash was president of S. Shamash & Sons, a business begun in Baghdad, Iraq, by his grandfather that has been a major textile importer for more than 100 years.

Thousands of valuable historical items from Baghdad's main museum have been taken or destroyed by looters. Nabhal Amin, deputy director at the Iraqi National Museum, blamed the destruction on the ...