Iraqi Ancient Treasures Found in Baghdad Cesspool - Yahoo

MoonAndSun

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Thu Nov-06-03 02:06 PM
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Iraqi Ancient Treasures Found in Baghdad Cesspool - Yahoo

Edited on Thu Nov-06-03 02:07 PM by MoonAndSun

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20031106/sc_nm/iraq_treasures_dc

snip> BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Two priceless pieces of Iraq (news - web sites)'s ancient heritage, looted from Baghdad's main museum in the chaotic days after Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s fall, have been recovered from a Baghdad cesspool, U.S. officials said Thursday.

snip>The Bassetki statue is considered the most important of Iraq's ancient artworks after the so-called Warka Mask of a Sumerian goddess, recovered earlier this year.

"I would describe this as a spectacular find and we're extremely pleased," John Russell, an art expert who is helping to restore recovered artifacts, told Reuters.

let's hope that more of these wonderful, historical treasures are found, for history's sake.

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Wickerman

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Thu Nov-06-03 02:11 PM
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1. Bush* is such a screw-up he couldn't even loot the museum correctly

He was supposed to see that all the good antiquities and artwork got stolen and delivered to his thuggy neo-con masters - but he couldn't even do that right. Seriously, has a done a damn thing right - even by Neo-con standards?

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MoonAndSun

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Thu Nov-06-03 02:17 PM
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2. I cannot think of even one instance in where I could even faintly think

of praise for this ignorant, evil human being.

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madrchsod

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Thu Nov-06-03 02:37 PM
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3. 10,000 pcs. were looted

from the basement,about 700 have been recovered. if interested go to
<http://www.archaeology.org/> "a conversation with matthew f bogdanos"

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