[DensaMensa]

}Second, working from a photograph of a tablet is not nearly as good as working from the tablet.

No doubt that's true at the research level. For the rest of us, the most we will ever see is a photo and read an analysis. Almost makes you wonder if the bad guys didn't set up this huge (and irresponsible) loss just to blame us, doesn't it?

[Fifth Business]

No doubt that's true at the research level. For the rest of us, the most we will ever see is a photo and read an analysis. Almost makes you wonder if the bad guys didn't set up this huge (and irresponsible) loss just to blame us, doesn't it?

That's what I'm wondering. These are the same people who booby-trapped their oil wells. If you are right, perhaps it is all hidden in one place. I hope and pray it can be recovered.

Anyway, I still think we should have had secured the museum right away.

[Verginius Rufus]

There's a ton of this stuff in the Oriental Institute in Chicago...a lot easier to get to than Baghdad, plus you can catch a Cubs or White Sox game afterwards.

All the same, I hope there's a determined effort to retrieve as much of the looted material as possible and return it to the museum.