Three years have now passed since thieves looted the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad following the American invasion. Nearly 15,000 objects of inestimable scientific and cultural value were stolen, although initial figures were over 10 times that number.
Iraq, called in ancient times Mesopotamia, the land between the two rivers, developed some of the world’s first complex, class-divided societies. The early peoples of Iraq were among the first to build cities and to write. The National Museum contained many of the material remnants of these and later cultures and some of the greatest examples of their art.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/apr2006/muse-a07.shtml
Iraq, called in ancient times Mesopotamia, the land between the two rivers, developed some of the world’s first complex, class-divided societies. The early peoples of Iraq were among the first to build cities and to write. The National Museum contained many of the material remnants of these and later cultures and some of the greatest examples of their art.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/apr2006/muse-a07.shtml