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  • Most antiquities found, unharmed

    05/05/2003 7:41:04 AM PDT · by sjersey · 81 replies · 499+ views
    Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 5/5/2003 | Christine Spolar (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
    <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The single most valuable missing piece is the Vase of Warka, a white limestone bowl dating from 3000 B.C.</p>