[Jimmy Valentine]

"The Lyre was discovered in a mass suicide grave in the ancient city of Ur in Iraq by British archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley. Uncovered in 1929, the remains were kept in a museum in Baghdad until they were destroyed during the recent war in Iraq."

This is B.S. The archaeologist was from the University of Pennsylvania and all of the artifacts from the tomb including the original lyre are on display in a museum in Philadelphia, Pa.

The stuff was on tour about five/six years ago and was at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. for a while. Fantastic stuff.

The author of this article is doing a slam on the U.S.

Regards,

[mware]

Yeap, I recall seeing the harp when I went to visit the University of Pa. museum.

Incidentally it is an outstanding museum to view artifacts. Almost as good as the BM.