Most antiquities found, unharmed

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 5/5/2003 | Christine Spolar (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

[sjersey]

BAGHDAD - The vast majority of the Iraqi trove of antiquities feared stolen or broken have been found inside the National Museum in Baghdad, according to American investigators who compiled an inventory over the weekend of the ransacked galleries.

A total of 38 antiquities, not tens of thousands, are now believed to be missing. Among them is a single display of Babylonian cuneiform tablets that accounts for nine missing items.

The single most valuable missing piece is the Vase of Warka, a white limestone bowl dating from 3000 B.C.

[VOA]

just pinging...as Hewitt is just now (over 48 hours after I saw this article) saying he's
heard that the "massive looting" of the Iraqi museum may have been just one incredible
exaggeration by "The Blame America First" crowd.

[SunkenCiv]

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