The Longest Now

I know I’ve posted about this before, but I was so deeply upset, both at the initial coverage and at the recent equally-unprofessional retractions, that I’m pointing to another few articles on the subject.

Russell, too, had heard of the secret vaults. “They won’t talk about it, but almost everything was saved,” Russell said.

Redux: some 10,000 items have been lifted from museums and archaeological sites; most professionally, and most items which cannot be melted down.  Thousands more were damaged.  Around 30 priceless items, of both public an research value, have disappeared.  The Warka vase was returned, once more broken along its ancient cracks.

Baghdad looting catastrophe, exaggerated …