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2 unusual facts about National Museum of Iraq


Bassetki Statue

The Bassetki Statue was among the many artifacts that were looted from the Iraq Museum during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The statue was looted from the Iraq Museum during the 2003 invasion of Iraq but subsequently retrieved and returned to the museum.


Tell Shemshara

The objects found during the Danish excavation were divided between the National Museum of Iraq and the National Museum of Denmark.

Thieves of Baghdad

Thieves of Baghdad is a non-fictional account written by Col. Matthew Bogdanos about the quest to recover over a thousand lost artifacts from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad after the country's counter-invasion.


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