Monday, December 30 / 2 January 2012 15:59
Baghdad {: News} Euphrates peace and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Iraqi artefacts stolen from is very important to Iraq, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Director of the Iraq Museum during a ceremony in the lobby of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Foreign Ministry statement received by {Euphrates News} a copy of it on Monday, "Zebari, delivered a speech on this occasion in which he reiterated the determination of the ministry to communicate the work to restore Iraq's antiquities lost overseas and thanked all who assisted in the restoration of these monuments of workers in the State Department and Iraqi embassies abroad ".
He added, "Zebari gave a certificate of merit to the charge d'affaires of the Embassy of Germany in recognition for his German side in the restoration of these effects."
The statement said that "the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture Taher Hamoud gave a speech in which he expressed his appreciation for the efforts of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ministry staff who carried out this noble work," noting "the need for coordination between the parties concerned to restore the rest of the effects," in addition to "throw director of the Iraqi Museum, the word indicated by the the importance of these historic monuments and originality. "
He said the "ceremony attended by the undersecretary for bilateral relations and policy planning and the Under Secretary for Management and advisers and heads of departments in the ministry."
The following are descriptions of the stolen antiquities recovered:
1 - the golden vessel which is one of the oldest gold in the history of mankind back to the Sumerian era.
2 - the effects of Stongar which has the 39 pieces which is a Sumerian and Babylonian seals.
3 - an ancient Assyrian stone gray color, dating back to the era in northern Iraq, the Assyrian city of Nimrud.
4 - ax Bronze age 4500 years containing cuneiform writing.
5 - three clay tablets Blog Palmsmara. Finished
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