
THE RAPE OF MESOPOTAMIA |
Subtitle:
Behind the Looting of the Iraq Museum
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Book Category:
Fiction > General
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Author:
Rothfield, Lawrence
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 10:
226729451
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ISBN 13:
9780226729459
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Price:
USD 25.00
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Publication Year:
2009
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Publisher Info
University of Chicago Press. InquiryOn April 10, 2003, as the world watched a statue of Saddam Hussein come crashing down in the heart of Baghdad, a mob of looters attacked the Iraq National Museum. Despite the presence of an American tank unit, the pillaging went unchecked, and more than 15,000 artifacts--some of the oldest evidence of human culture--disappeared into the shadowy worldwide market in illicit antiquities. In the five years since that day, the losses have only mounted, with gangs digging up roughly half a million artifacts that had previously been unexcavated; the loss to our shared human heritage is incalculable. UK Price: 17.50 GBP
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