DOHA, April 10 (Xinhua) In the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, a significant number of antiquities were looted not only from museums but also illicit excavations carried out at archaeological sites across the country, according to a report published on Al Jazeera's English news website on Friday.
MOSUL/BOGOTA: On Feb. 26, 2015, shocking footage emerged from northwestern Iraq of Daesh militants smashing pre-Islamic artifacts and burning ancient manuscripts at Mosul Cultural Museum. The terrorist group, which had seized control of the multiethnic city the previous year, had set about looting everything of value and destroying anything that failed to conform to its warped
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Foreign missions continue their survey and excavation operations in the central and southern regions of Iraq, while also training native Iraqis in the latest standards of professional archaeology.