Assyriologi - om oldtidens Irak, og den irakiske kulturarv

Irak-krigen har været en katastrofe for Iraks før-islamiske kulturarv.

Arkæologiske sites er bogstavligt talt blevet gennemhullet af røvere på jagt efter genstande, der - ofte på bestilling - kan afsættes til rige samlere i Vesten.

Resultatet: De gamle byhøje er forvandlede til nøgne månelandskaber; frarøvet den rige kulturarv, som de har bevaret i årtusinder.

For forskningen betyder det en uoprettelig skad. Historie uden kontekst!

Uden at vide, hvor og i hilken sammenhæng, som genstandene har indgået, bliver vi frataget den unikke mulighed, som vi har for at studere en af menneskehedens ældste højkulturer. Det avr her, at byer og skrift første gang så dagens lys for over 5000 år siden.

Her kan du se en film, om situationen i Irak: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3519855663545752103&q=The+Real+Iraq%3A&pr=goog-sl

The Ministry of Culture announces the opening of the Iraqi museum early next year

The Ministry of Culture announces the opening of the Iraqi museum early next year

Iraqi national-WNA / Baghdad office / A source from the Ministry of Culture said, that the ministry has set up a committee to re-open the Iraqi museum and to provide the necessary supplies, security and to rearrange again.
The Iraqi Museum has been subjected to looting after the fall of the previous regime, where the number of artifacts stolen from the museum was more than eight thousand assorted pieces.
The source pointed out that the Iraqi museum will be re-opening early next year through the provision of electronic protection and iron gates.
He stressed that the museum was able to rehabilitate some of the artifacts and will be showing more than (70) thousand pieces in all museum halls.
He pointed out that the opening of the museum will be a major event which will reflect the good image of the reality of the new Iraq.

That's the whole story from WNA News
http://www.wna-news.com/inanews/news.php?item.1655.15

-Chuck Jones-

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