Episode 1: The Looting of the Iraq Museum

Episode 1: The Looting of the Iraq Museum

Sources in order of reference: Bogdanos, Matthew, “The Casualties of War: The Truth About the Iraq Museum,” American Journal Of Archaeology vol 109, no. 3 (July 2005) 477-526. Stone, Peter ed. Cultural Heritage, Ethics and the Military. Boydell Press, 2011.  Republic of Iraq. Law No. 55 of 2002 for The Antiquities & Heritage of Iraq. Baghdad, November 3, 2002. https://iraqheritage.org/pdf/antiquities.pdf [https://iraqheritage.org/pdf/antiquities.pdf] Emberling, Geoff and Kathryn Hanson eds., Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past. Edited by Geoff, Oriental Institute, 2008. https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/oimp28.pdf [https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/oimp28.pdf]  George Youkhanna, Donny, “Learning From the Iraq Museum,” American Journal Of Archaeology vol 114, No. 4 (October 2010). https://ajaonline.org/online-museum-review/364/ [https://ajaonline.org/online-museum-review/364/] Milbry Polk and Angela M.H. Schuster, eds., The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Harry N Abrams Inc. Publishers, 2005.  Terrill, W. Andrew. “ANTIQUITIES DESTRUCTION AND ILLICIT SALES AS SOURCES OF ISIS FUNDING AND PROPAGANDA.” Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 2017. http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep11436 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep11436]. Get full access to Antics in Antiquities at anticsinantiquities.substack.com/subscribe [https://anticsinantiquities.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

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Welcome to Antics in Antiquities! We’ll be telling stories from when archaeology was less of a science and more of a hobby for rich people, when colonial powers controlled access to dig sites and therefore cultural heritage, and what this all means for museums and collectors today.  Get full access to Antics in Antiquities at anticsinantiquities.substack.com/subscribe [https://anticsinantiquities.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]