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As Saddam Hussein's government fell in April 2003, news accounts
detailed the pillage of Iraq's National Museum. The museum's
looting grabbed headlines worldwide and public attention briefly
focused on Iraq's threatened cultural heritage. Less dramatic,
though far more devastating, was the subsequent epidemic of looting
at thousands of archaeological sites around the country. Illegal
digging on a massive scale continues to this day, virtually
unchecked, with Iraq's ten thousand officially recognized sites
being destroyed at a rate of roughly 10 percent per year. This book
contains the first full published account of the disasters that
have befallen Iraq's cultural heritage, and it analyzes why the
array of laws and international conventions; the advocacy efforts
of cultural heritage organizations; and the military planning and
implementation of cultural protection operations all failed, and
continue to fail, to prevent massive and irreversible loss. Looking
forward, the book identifies new planning procedures, policy
mechanisms, and implementation strategies capable of succeeding, so
the mistakes of Iraq will not be replicated in other regions in
crisis whose cultural heritage are at risk. Both archaeologists and
policy-makers will benefit from this detailed study.
As Saddam Hussein's government fell in April 2003, news accounts
detailed the pillage of Iraq's National Museum. The museum's
looting grabbed headlines worldwide and public attention briefly
focused on Iraq's threatened cultural heritage. Less dramatic,
though far more devastating, was the subsequent epidemic of looting
at thousands of archaeological sites around the country. Illegal
digging on a massive scale continues to this day, virtually
unchecked, with Iraq's ten thousand officially recognized sites
being destroyed at a rate of roughly 10 percent per year. This book
contains the first full published account of the disasters that
have befallen Iraq's cultural heritage, and it analyzes why the
array of laws and international conventions; the advocacy efforts
of cultural heritage organizations; and the military planning and
implementation of cultural protection operations all failed, and
continue to fail, to prevent massive and irreversible loss. Looking
forward, the book identifies new planning procedures, policy
mechanisms, and implementation strategies capable of succeeding, so
the mistakes of Iraq will not be replicated in other regions in
crisis whose cultural heritage are at risk. Both archaeologists and
policy-makers will benefit from this detailed study.
An important study of the treatment of cultural property, and
cultural heritage in general, in modern theatres of conflict.
Winner of the 2011 James R. Wiseman Book Award. Discussion of the
issues surrounding the destruction of cultural property in times of
conflict has become a key issue for debate around the world. This
book provides an historical statement as of 1st March 2006
concerning the destruction of the cultural heritage in Iraq. In a
series of chapters it outlines the personal stories of a number of
individuals who were - and in most cases continue to be -involved.
These individuals are involved at all levels, and come from various
points along the political spectrum, giving a rounded and balanced
perspective so easily lost in single authored reports. It also
provides the first views written by Iraqis on the situation of
archaeology in Iraq under Saddam and an overview and
contextualisation of the issues surrounding the looting, theft and
destruction of the archaeological sites, the Iraqi National museum
and the libraries in Baghdad since the war was launched in 2003.
Beyond this, it examines our attitudes towards the preservation of
cultural and heritage resources and, in particular, the growing
political awareness of their importance. Although related to a
single conflict, taking place at a specific time in history, the
relevance of this work goes far beyond these self-imposed
boundaries. PETER STONE is Professor of Heritage Studies and Head
of School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University; JOANNE
FARCHAKH BAJJALY is a Lebanese archaeologist and Middle East
correspondent for the French magazine Archeologia.
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