While Iraq is often described by historians as the "cradle of civilisation", many of its ancient treasures were looted in the chaos following the US-led invasion in 2003.<br /><br />For the past few years, Iraq has been working on recovering its stolen treasures. This month alone, the Iraqi museum in Baghdad, the capital, took back more than a 1,000 artifacts.<br /><br />However, the museum face many challenges in preserving the recovered pieces.<br /><br />There has been a lack of funding from the government and half of the museum's galleries remain inaccessible to the public. <br /><br />Rawya Rageh reports from Baghdad.
