Reclaiming a Plundered Past

“Stuff happens.” United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s laconic comment on the widespread looting triggered by Baghdad’s fall in early April 2003 arguably marks the lowest point in Iraqi archaeology, a field already stained and tarnished by the ugliness of international geopolitics. Pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Timothy Giannuzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2006-04-01
Series:American Journal of Islam and Society
Online Access:https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1631