Iraqi National Musem receives 1,000 antiquities unearthed at sites south of Baghdad

Iraqi archaeologists working in a city south of Baghdad unearthed more than 1,000 antiquities and delivered them Monday to the National Museum, which has struggled to rebuild its collection since it was looted in the U.S.-led invasion.

The museum has been closed to the public since 2003, but curators have been trying to recover some of the 15,000 stolen relics and piece together a collection.

Qais Hussein, who directs Iraqi archaeological digs, said the antiquities presented Monday …