Restoring Baghdad's Museum To Its Former Glory

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The empty galleries are covered with dust. Broken statues are still lying on the floor and damaged showcases still bear witness to the vandalism that took place here. In fact, if it weren't for minor, hardly visible repair work, a visitor could not tell that over a year has gone by since the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad was looted. Just a few years ago, this museum was considered to be among the biggest and most important in the world. Sumerian jewelry, Babylonian steles, Assyrians reliefs, Abbasid walls covered with calligraphy and many other beautiful objects used to be on display here, in 32 galleries, testifying for 55 thousand years of history and civilization that existed in Iraq.

 

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