Faculty of arts at University of Baghdad  announced the opening of the Iraqi Center for Antiquities and Assyrians attended president of University of Baghdad Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdul Hussein Abdul Rasool and director of the German Institute of Antiquities in Berlin Prof. Margreta Van S. The college of arts witnessed also a meeting between Undersecretary of the ministry of culture Qais Hussein and the German ambassador to Iraq Franz Joseph Crimp to discuss and promote the reality of research and academic activities between the Iraqi and German sides at the level of professors and graduate students in antiquities, monuments and ancient history. The delegation visited the antiquities department museum accompanied with head of department, Prof. Dr. Nawala Ahmed who provided an illustration of the museum’s exhibits.