Records relating to keyword "Archaeology"

• BBC News: 'US troops damage ancient Babylon' (15 Jan 2005)
  
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  BBC News report: 'Coalition forces in Iraq have caused irreparable damage to the ancient city of Babylon, the British Museum says.'

• An Archaeologist's Weblog
  
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  Very useful, academically-orientated site maintained by Francis Deblauwe.

• The Independent: 'At least 8,000 treasures looted from Iraq museum still untraced' (24 May 2005)
  
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  UK national daily newspaper The Independent reports that at least 8000 of the 15000 items looted from the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad still have not been retrieved.

• Assessment of damage to Libraries and Archives in Iraq (May 2003)
  
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  By Graham Shaw at the British Library.

• Archive of archaeological site photographs from Mesopotamia
  
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  Maintained by the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.

• Artefacts from Iraq in the British Museum
  
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  Images of objects from the British Museum Iraq collections, chosen because they are similar to objects looted or damaged in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

• British Museum Iraq Crisis webpages
  
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  Useful site including images, links, and further reading. The BM has been very concerned about the fate of Iraq's archaeological heritage.

• British Museum Mesopotamia Site
  
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  A well illustrated site dedicated focusing on the Mesopotanian civilisations of Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria

• British School of Archaeology in Iraq
  
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  The British School of Archaeology in Iraq is the only body in Britain devoted to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia. It is currently devoting its resources to assisting in the rebuilding of Iraq’s heritage.

  The website includes details of events, fieldwork, grants, and publications, plus a useful collection of links.

• Digitizing Kish
  
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  The Chicago Field Museum is embarking on a two-year project that could help bridge cultural and scientific barriers exacerbated by the Iraq war. With the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the museum recently began to study, catalogue and reconcile the scattered but priceless collections of materials from the famous 5,000-year-old archaeological site of Kish, 50 miles south of Baghdad. Kish is one of the world's oldest cities and site of the earliest evidence of wheeled transport.

• Emergency Red List of Iraqi Antiquities at Risk
  
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• Encarta Mesopotamia Site
  
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  A brief introduction to the history of Mesopotamia

• Excavations at Nimrud
  
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  From the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

• Hatra: UNESCO World Heritage site
  
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  The University of Chicago Oriental Institute has a collection of photos of the site. In September 2004 the Archaeological Institute of America expressed concern that US military action was threatening the site.

• Information about Iraqi Museums Collections
  
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  From The International Council of Museums. Lists of museums with Iraq collections. Also bibliographical information.

• Interpol's Stolen Works of Art page
  
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• Iraq Museum International
  
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• IraqCrisis email list
  
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  A moderated list for communicating substantive information on cultural property damaged, destroyed or lost from Libraries and Museums in Iraq during and after the war in April 2003, and on the worldwide response to the crisis.

• Lost Treasures From Iraq
  
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  A database at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.

• SAFE
  
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  New York based coalition of academics and archaeologists working together with professionals in advertising and publicity to raise awareness about the world's endangered cultural heritage.

• The 2003- Iraq War & Archaeology
  
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  Maintained by archaeologist Francis Deblauwe.

  See also An Archaeologist's Weblog.

• The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre
  
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  At the University of Cambridge.

• The threat to world heritage in Iraq
  
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  News and information during February to May 2003.

• UNESCO Crisis in Iraq
  
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• WSU Mesopotamia Resource Centre
  
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  An interesting Mesopotamia resourse centre run by Washington State University, providing information on a wide variety of topics