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Archives photos of Iraq
I don’t know about you, but I love immersing myself in the ancient times of the countries I visit and travelling through their history to feel the soul that animated the Old World and understand their past so as to better grasp their present.
In this article, I share with you my selection of old photographs of Iraq, from various sources, from the cities of Baghdad – Samarra – Sinjar – Erbil – Karbala – Najaf – Mosul – Khorsabad – Lalish – Akre – Rawanduz and other places in Iraqi Kurdistan.
![Old and rares Archives Photos of Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Old-photos-of-Iraq-Archives-and-Rares-Images.jpg)
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Baghdad
1. Baghdad | 1938
![Old Photograph of Baghdad](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Baghdad-1918-min-1024x682.jpg)
2. Baghdad | 1900s
![Ancient photo of Baghdad 1900](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Baghdad-Iraq-1900s-1024x683.jpg)
3. Baghdad | 1940s
![Old photo of Baghdad](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Childrens-and-buffalos-in-Baghdad-1940-min-1024x683.jpg)
4. Baghdad | 1920s
![Iraqi Jews in Al Rasheed Street, Baghdad](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Iraqi-Jews-working-in-the-exchange-of-currency-in-Al-Rashid-Street-near-al-Nahar-Street-in-the-early-1920s-1024x682.jpg)
5. Baghdad | 1932
![Old pic of Baghdad, Al Khadimiya Mosque](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Al-Kadhimiya-Mosque-1932-min-1024x684.jpg)
6. Baghdad | 1910s
![Al-Khadimiya Mosque in 1910](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kadhimiya-Baghdad-in-1910-min.jpg)
7. Baghdad | 1910s
![Iraqi Jew Family in Baghdad](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jew-Baghdad-1910-1024x684.jpg)
8. Baghdad | 1940s
![1940s photo of Baghdad](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Young-mans-from-Baghdad-1940-min-1024x683.jpg)
Taq Kasra
1. Ctesiphon Arch, Taq Kasra | 1950s
![Taq Kasra Old pic](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/A-sheperd-inTaq-Kasra-1950-min-1024x687.jpg)
Ur
1. Ziggurat of Ur | 1920
![Old photo of Ur during excavations in 1920](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ur-Ziggurat-Excavation-min.jpg)
Karbala
1. Karbala | 1930s
![Old photo of Karbala in Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-front-entrance-of-the-Shrine-of-Imam-Hussain-Karbala-Iraq-mid-1930s-min-1024x684.jpg)
2. Karbala | 1934
![Karbala in the past time](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karbala-gates-of-the-mosque-and-the-shrine-of-Imam-Hussein-in-1934-min-1024x683.jpg)
3. Karbala | 1932
![Old photo of Karbala Street](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karbala-street-min-1024x684.jpg)
4. Karbala | Unknown date
![Karbala Old city](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Karbala-1932-1024x682.jpg)
Babylon
1. Babylon | 1932
![Old photograph of Babylon](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Camel-Caravan-in-Babylon-min-1024x679.jpg)
Dur-Kurigalzu
1. Aqar Quf, Dur-Kurigalzu | 1915
![Ancient photo Ziggurat of Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dur-Kurigalzu-Old-Pic-Iraq.jpg)
Najaf
1. Najaf | 1910s
![Old aerial view of Najaf](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Aerial-photograph-of-Najaf-in-the-1910s-min-1024x683.jpg)
Khorsabad
1. Khorsabad | 1853
![Old photo of Khorsabad Excavation](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Excavation-Khorasan-1024x683.jpeg)
2. Khorsabad | 1933
![Archive photo of archeological site in Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Citadelle-excavation-of-Kiing-Sargon-II-1933-in-Khorsabad-min-1024x684.jpg)
3. Khorsabad | 1933
![Archives photos of Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Khorsabad-excavation-1024x683.jpg)
4. Khorsabad
![Iraq in the ancient time](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Khorsabad-old-photo-1024x683.jpg)
Erbil
1. Erbil | 1940s
![Old photo of a street in Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Old-Erbil-pic-archive-min-1024x681.jpg)
2. Erbil | 1938
![An old photo of Erbil in 1938](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Erbil-1938-min-1024x683.jpg)
3. Erbil | 1950
![Old aerial photo of Erbil](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Aerial-photo-of-Erbil-in-1950-min-1024x683.jpg)
Al-Kifl
1. Ezekiel’s Tomb | 1932
![Old photo of Al-Kifl in Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ezekiel-Tomb-Archive-Photo-Rare-1932.jpg)
Mosul
1. Mosul | 1890s
![A bookbinding workshop in Mosul](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Shop-for-bookbinding-in-Mosul-1890-min-1024x683.jpg)
2. Mosul | 1932
![Ancient and rare photo of Mosul](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Hadba-Minar-1932-768x1024.jpg)
Sinjar
1. Sinjar | 1950s
![Old Yazidi photograph in Sinjar, Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Yazidi-weeding-Sinjar-1950s-1024x683.jpg)
2. Sinjar | 1950s
![Old Yazidi portrait in Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Yezidi-Woman-1950-Sinjar-min.jpg)
Samarra
1. Samarra | Unknown date
![Aerial view of Samarra](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Old-Samarra-photograph-aerial-min-1024x683.jpg)
2. Samarra | Unknown date
![Old photo of Samarra](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Old-Samarra-photograph-min-1024x683.jpg)
Iraqi Kurdistan
1. Koi | 1920
![Old photo of Christian peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Christian-Womens-in-Koi-min-1024x684.jpg)
2. Akre | 1900s
![Akre in the ancient times](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Akre-1900-min-1024x683.jpg)
3. Rawanduz | 1918
![Old and rare photo of Iraqi Kurdistan](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rawanduz-Iraqi-Kurdistan-min-1024x683.jpg)
4. Sulaymaniya | 1950
![Kurdish womans in traditionnal clothes](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Iraq-Kurdish-women-in-traditional-Kurdish-dress-in-Sulaymaniyah-in-1950s-1024x683.jpg)
5. Lalish | 1951
![old archival photograph of Yazidis in Lalish in Iraq](https://spirit-travelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Old-picture-Lalish-1024x684.jpg)