The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of ancient Mesopotamia.THE LOOTING OF THE IRAQ MUSEUM, BAGHDAD: The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia MILBRY POLK AND ANGELA M.H. SCHUSTER, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. . In April 2003, at the beginning of the second Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. , looters stole or destroyed more than 15,000 objects, representing 10,000 years of human history, in the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. Editors Polk and Schuster intend this book to be a virtual museum for some of the lost items and others that remain. This beautifully illustrated guide includes images and descriptions of hundreds of the museum's priceless price·less adj. 1. Of inestimable worth; invaluable. 2. Highly amusing, absurd, or odd: a priceless remark. objects. Chapters are written by the archaeologists involved in the excavations of the artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and who are now committed to their recovery and protection. The authors relate personal accounts of their travels to Baghdad and their involvement with the museum. They also provide historical context to the objects, revealing how each piece reflects the growth of civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, considered the birthplace of modern human history. This is a valuable resource for lovers of antiquities Antiquities, nearly always used in the plural in this sense, is a term for objects from Antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Egypt and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures. . A portion of the proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Abrams, 2005, 256 p., color plates, hardcover, $35.00. |
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