Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Thursday 3 July 2008
Looting in Southern Iraq
Safecorner has posted a video of the slides from a lecture (April 2008), "Protection and Documentation: The Archaeological Sites in Southern Iraq", by Dr Abdulamir Hamdani, Director of Antiquities, Nasiriya Province, Southern Iraq. This puts a different perspective on the situation as presented by The Art Newspaper earlier this week.
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