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Iraq recovers 114 thousand pieces since 2003
12/16/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - Baghdad / term confirmed the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage, yesterday 114 thousand to recover artifacts stolen since 2003. The Director of the Department of Museums in the princess sticks in a press statement yesterday that the department was able to and after vigorous efforts in cooperation with the concerned authorities to recover 114 thousand pieces since 2003, was stolen in two ways; either from archaeological sites directly through operations digging and smuggling abroad, or through theft that occurred to stores the Iraq Museum during the events that accompanied the fall of the dictatorial regime. The that the department managed to restore a lot of artifacts in the past month divided by 45 pieces from Germany, including the seals back to the periods of Babylonian and Alkdah and 3 No. mud back to the periods of the Sumerian, Babylonian, and the vase golden precious back to the cemetery of Ur of ownership and pendant Albazzouzo which is one of the pendants are known to the Babylonians to expel evil spirits, as successful department after a visit to Germany the help of several views, in the restoration of the pieces, despite the problem of Iraqi antiquities in Germany is very complex that German law is crucial in the prevention of trafficking in antiquities. She sticks that the Authority also succeeded in restoring pieces and let valuable too Switzerland is a sculpture Assyrian mission and arrived at the Iraq Museum, as well as to restore the 7 pieces from Japan, noting that the Authority is awaiting receipt of the pieces recovered from Germany and Japan after the holding of the celebrations for delivery in the State Department as it currently exists as e-diplomat at the Ministry. and revealed that Commission will be implemented over the next month's visit to London to recover Iraqi antiquities, stressing the cooperation of many countries to re-stolen antiquities, since this file is one of the priorities of state and ministers involved in the tourism and antiquities and culture, pointing out that the body had begun to restore the effects of the Arab countries, as has been recovery of more than 2500 pieces from Jordan and approximately 1,000 pieces of Syria. The Director of the Department to work with the Ministry of Human Rights for a museum documenting the abuses and crimes of the previous dictatorial regime against the entire spectrum of people as it was prepared Hall Authority will operate in a nucleus basis, expressing the hope that transformed the museum into a museum a perfect museum of Hiroshima in Japan. She added that the department is working to highlight and re-spirit of all the museums, as was the opening of museums thresholds Husseiniya and Abbasid holy, calling on all departments Endowment for openness on the circle of the founding of museums such holy being has treasures great, stressing that department is facing a real problem with the cultural museums in the provinces as there are no adequate financial allocations for rehabilitation.
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