Iraq’s National Museum To Re-Open In July
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www.anotherIraq.com The Iraq National Museum will re-open in July after extensive refurbishment after the looting and destruction which followed the toppling of Saddam's regime. Most of the looted antiquities have been returned and will be on display.
In a press conference held at the Ministry of Culture in Baghdad the Minister of Culture Mr. Mufid Al-Jazairi said that during the past few months, some 15,000 stoled artefacts had been returned to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. The Iraqi government will officially request the return of artefacts confisated by Arab and foreign countries when the rennovation of the museum has been completed.
The Central Bank of Iraq returned the Nimrud Golden Treasure and 197 museum pieces which were stored in its cellars for protection. They include ivories, carved stones and ceramic and clay tablets with cuneiform writings.
The Nimrud Golden Treasure will be displayed in one of the museums most secure galleries for the next two months. During the next five years it will be exhibited abroad in the Berlin Museum. The transport of the treasure will be undertaken by a Danish organisation which specialises in travelling exhibitions and organised the Egyptian Pharonic Exhibition, which has been on tour since 2000. |
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