Iraq's History is Our History Too
Art Newspaper - 01 Nov 02
"Collectors, curators, lawyers and art patrons, are urging the U.S. government to take historic sites in Iraq into account as the military map out possible scenarios for attack and occupation. Specialists concerned about potential threats to the thousands of archaeological sites scattered throughout Iraq are supplying maps and other information to the Defense Department. The initiative, coordinated by Arthur Houghton, a Middle East specialist and former antiquities curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, is an attempt to protect Iraq's cultural heritage following the U.S. government's initial disregard for archaeological sites during the 1991 Gulf War."
- via Floating Wreckage - Jettisoned Cargo
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