Argo Nimbus
28th April 2003, 11:01 AM
Gulf News: Plunder of museums began a decade ago (http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=85753)
Taken together, Iraqi archaeologists say, the evidence convinces them that the very people entrusted with protecting some of history's most significant relics are responsible for some of the worst plundering of ancient artefacts.
Thieves left a long trail, with many twists and turns, which runs back at least to 1991, when Saddam's defeat in the Gulf War reduced Iraq's antiquities to booty for his cronies to steal, the archaeologists charge.
Another angle to the museum looting story.
--- Argo
Taken together, Iraqi archaeologists say, the evidence convinces them that the very people entrusted with protecting some of history's most significant relics are responsible for some of the worst plundering of ancient artefacts.
Thieves left a long trail, with many twists and turns, which runs back at least to 1991, when Saddam's defeat in the Gulf War reduced Iraq's antiquities to booty for his cronies to steal, the archaeologists charge.
Another angle to the museum looting story.
--- Argo