Book criticizes Iraq relics’ safety
From Bloomberg News
U.S. efforts to safeguard Iraq’s museums and archaeological sites after the start of the war were belated, uncoordinated and fruitless, according to a book released this week by the University of Chicago’s Cultural Policy Center.
“Antiquities Under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection After the Iraq War” portrays a cumulative failure by diplomats and experts in cultural heritage to protect “the priceless remnants of the earliest known civilization on Earth.”
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