Iraq National Museum Staff Working To Rebuild Collection After Looting
Nicole King - All Headline News Staff Writer Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) - The staff at Iraq's National Museum is working hard to recover some of the priceless archaeological pieces looted after the invasion of Iraq. The museum did house one of the region's best collections of antiquities. But after the U.S.-led invasion of the city, staff say more than 13,840 items went missing. Many of the items have made their way onto the black market. About 5,400 items have been recovered. Most of the pieces were found in the U.S., Italy, England and Switzerland. One of the most important pieces lost was a Sumerian bronze sculpture of a bull dating back to 2600 B.C. Museum staff say they're confident most of the pieces will be recovered as they're well documented and would be hard to sell on the black market.
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