The Rape of Mesopotamia: Behind the Looting of the Iraq Museum

by Lawrence Rothfield

On April 10, 2003, as the world watched a statue of Saddam Hussein come crashing down in the heart of Baghdad, a mob of looters attacked the Iraq National Museum. Despite the presence of an American tank unit, the pillaging went unchecked, and more than 15,000 artifacts--some of the oldest evidence of human culture--disappeared into the shadowy worldwide market in illicit antiquities. In the five years since that day, the losses have only mounted,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226729451
• ISBN13: 9780226729459
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"