Iraq recovers ancient artifacts from Japan and Switzerland

Iraq’s foreign minister announced on Tuesday the retrieval of various artifacts and textured paintings from Japan and Switzerland.

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.C. associated with the Assyrian civilization, along with several textured paintings from the ancient al-Tar…