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Iraq Museum

the largest art museum in Iraq; located in Baghdad. Founded in 1923, the museum is located in a modern architectural complex specially built for it in 1957–63 (architect W. March). It contains collections of remains of primitive culture; treasures of Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian art; and Parthian, Sassanid, and Moslem works of art. The collections of the museum consist primarily of finds made by archaeological expeditions that have worked in Iraq.

REFERENCES

Sokrovishcha Iraka. Drevnee Dvurech’e. [Moscow, 1968.] (Exhibit catalogue.)
Guidebook to the Iraq Museum. Baghdad, 1966.

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At the National Museum of Iraq, which was looted after the U.

SILICON VALLEY: NOW PLAYING AMBASSADOR by Spencer E. Ante / BusinessWeek

Donny George Youkhana, archaeologist and former director of the National Museum of Iraq When: 7 p.

Stealing history; Iraq museum still feels loss of 2003 looting by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

The flourishing underground trade in Iraqi antiquities is helping fund insurgents in the war-torn country, the man credited with saving thousands of treasures plundered from the National Museum of Iraq said yesterday.

Trade in stolen Iraqi treasures 'fuels al-Qaida' by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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National Liberation Alliance

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National Liberation Front of South Vietnam

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National Liberation Revolution

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National Marbles Tournament