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More on missing Iraqi treasures
From today's New York Times (FRYYY): Quote: Tiny Treasures Leave Big Void in Looted Iraq
By SUZANNE CHARLÉ
While there is still confusion about just how many objects were stolen from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad during the recent war, there is no doubt that one of its major collections is gone. In London last week, at an annual meeting of experts in archaeology, history and ancient languages of Mesopotamia, the museum's director, Dr. Nawala al-Mutawalli, said that 4,795 cylinder seals were missing. Col. Matthew Bogdanos of the Marines, leader of the American team investigating losses of antiquities in Iraq, confirmed the theft... .
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Not 33. And that's just cylinder seals.
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