The Great Ziggurat temple in Iraq’s ancient city of Ur has been getting a lot more foreign visitors. — AFP
An American tourist poses for a holiday snap in Iraq, in front of the blue-brick Ishtar Gate that was rebuilt at the ancient site of Babylon under dictator Saddam Hussein.
Most foreigners here since Saddam’s ouster in a 2003 invasion led by the United States have worn army fatigues and carried guns – but more recently there has been a trickle of camera-toting travel pioneers.
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