Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq
by
Magnus T. Bernhardsson
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The looting of the Iraqi National Museum in April of 2003 provoked a world outcry at the loss of artifacts regarded as part of humanity's shared cultural patrimony. But though the losses were unprecedented in scale, the museum looting was hardly the first time that Iraqi heirlooms had been plundered...