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Metropolitan Museum of Art returns artifacts to Iraq - The Jerusalem Post
Visitors walk along the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, March 6, 2006. ( photo credit : REUTERS/KEITH BEDFORD ) By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF MAY 21, 2025 02:20 Updated : MAY 21 ...
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Metropolitan Museum returns ancient Sumerian statue to Iraq
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has returned an ancient Sumerian copper alloy statute from the third millennium BC to authorities in Iraq. The museum acquired the ancient statue—which ...
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The Met, Amid an Audit of its Holdings, Returns an Ancient Statue to Iraq
Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings, Mesopotamia, copper alloy, circa 2900–2600 B.C. Credit... via The Metropolitan Museum of Art By Graham Bowley Published April 16, 2024 Updated April ...
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Spotlight on Iraq's plundered past - Los Angeles Times
A new book focuses on the 2003 looting of a Baghdad museum and ancient Mesopotamia's legacy to the world. Spotlight on Iraq's plundered past - Los Angeles Times ...
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Museum of Lost Objects | Looted Sumerian Seal, Baghdad - BBC
It was carved in 2,600 BC and was part of the collection of ancient cylinder seals which disappeared when the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. We tell the story ...