Contribution to Book
Legal Aspects of Controlling the International Market in Looted Antiquities: The Paradigm of Iraq
Catastrophe! : the looting and destruction of Iraq's past
(2008)
Abstract
With an introduction by Professor McGuire Gibson, this up-to-date account describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging. Contributors include Donny George, John M. Russell, Katharyn Hanson, Clemens Reichel, Elizabeth C. Stone, and Patty Gerstenblith. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Oriental Institute April 10, 2008, this book commemorates the fifth anniversary of the looting of the Iraq National Museum.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2008
Editor
Geoff Emberling & Katharyn Hanson
Publisher
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series
Oriental Institute Museum publications
ISBN
9781885923561
Citation Information
Patty Gerstenblith, Legal Aspects of Controlling the International Market in Looted Antiquities: The Paradigm of Iraq, in Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past (Geoff Emberling et al., University of Chicago ; Oriental Institute; Museum, 2008)