Hi,
Have a look at an interview with an IRAQ Museum Curator at the recent London
conference on the issue.
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11018
"Initially it was reported that the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad had lost
virtually its entire collection of 170,000 objects. But it now emerges that
a great deal has been saved, thanks to the forethought of museum staff"
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11016
Regards
Matthew
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From: Indigo Nights [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, 4 May 2003 3:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Diminishing the Value of the Iraqi Museum Looting
It's been a while since we discussed this. Someone on
another list who supported the war and the
administration has posted something that tries to
dilute the tragedy at the Iraqi Museum. I'd be
curious to know what your responses are. Sort of
reminds me of Rumsfeld's inane commentary about just
one vase.
Shrinking Museum Looting Affair
As time goes on, it's looking more and more like
claims of the loss of Iraq's cultural heritage in
looting were as overblown as the Jenin "massacre" over
a year ago.
...While many museum officials watched in horror as
mobs and perhaps organized gangs rampaged through the
museum's 18 galleries, seized objects on display, tore
open steel cases, smashed statues and broke into
storage vaults, officials now discount the first
reports that the museum's entire collection of
170,000 objects had been lost...
..Col. Matthew F. Bogdanos, a Marine reservist who is investigating the
looting and is stationed at the museum, said museum officials had given him
a list of 29 artifacts that were definitely missing. But since then, 4 items
- ivory objects from the eighth century B.C. - had been traced.
"Twenty-five pieces is not the same as 170,000," said
Colonel Bogdanos, who in civilian life is an assistant Manhattan district
attorney...
Posted by Rand Simberg at May 01, 2003 02:38 PM
LINK: http://www.interglobal.org/weblog/archives/002530.html#002530
At least 170,000 artifacts were carried away in the
two-day frenzy of looting at the museum, home to one
of the world's most extensive collections of
Mesopotamian antiquities.
--NYT, April 24
Col. Matthew F. Bogdanos, a Marine reservist who is investigating the
looting and is stationed at the museum, said museum officials had given him
a list of 29 artifacts that were definitely missing. But since then, 4 items
- ivory objects from the eighth century B.C. - had been traced.
"Twenty-five pieces is not the same as 170,000," said
Colonel Bogdanos, who in civilian life is an assistant Manhattan district
attorney.
-- NYT, May 1
(Via A. Beam.)
LINK: http://www.kenlayne.com/blogarchives/week_2003_04_27.html#003294
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