The most appropriate comparisons to possible loss in an American context
that I have found is if the Library of Congress, National Archives, and the
museums on Washington's mall were destroyed. A grievous loss, indeed.

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An American expert in Islamic art tries to measure the cultural devastation
caused by the Baghdad museum looting.

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"Linda Komaroff is curator of Islamic art at the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, where she put together the current show, "The Legacy of Genghis
Khan," in collaboration with Stefano Carboni of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York. That show, which opened April 13 and runs through July 27,
focuses on the cultural effects of the Mongol invasion and the fall of
Baghdad in 1258. Salon spoke with Komaroff by phone about the cultural,
historical and aesthetic significance of the recent looting of the Iraqi
National Museum in Baghdad.":

http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/04/17/komaroff/index.html

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