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Baghdad's National Museum closed for renovation
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Baghdad's National Museum reopened in 2009 has again closed this time for renovation. "We plan to rehabilitate the galleries, strengthen security measures and install new lighting and air conditioning systems," middle-east-online.com quotes museum director Amira Edan, as saying. The museum contains the most impressive collections of historical artefacts in the world. Among them two stone winged bulls, which each weigh 38 tonnes, and the murals depicting the reign of Sargon II, extending from 722 to 705 BC, from the Assyrian capital of Dur-Sarrukin.