Alchemike:
hey bardo
BARDSQUILL:
heyyyy, boy am
I scratchin my head over the looting of the museums
Alchemike:
americans proly
took the stuff...
BARDSQUILL:
I am seeing CNN
reports that the looting of hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the Baghdad
Museum in a matter of HOURS. Doesn´t make sense!
BARDSQUILL:
including works
secreted in vaults prior to the invasion. Anybody have photos of immense
hordes doing this? All of which could have been prevented, as requested by
a single tank positioned at the main entrance...
Alchemike:
agree
BARDSQUILL:
Mosul now too
BARDSQUILL:
Wonder what's going
on at Uruk and Ur?
Alchemike:
do you remember
what area of the country was being rebuilt by saddam???
Alchemike:
the ishtar gate...
Alchemike:
the hanging gardens...
Alchemike:
wonder what the
status of that is...
BARDSQUILL:
We have a trickling
of information about the "Babylonian Ark" and more
Translated
version of http://assyriologie.uni-hd.de/assur.htm
BARDSQUILL:
Mostly German
archaeologists
BARDSQUILL:
Can you reach William
Henry?
Alchemike:
what should i ask
will if i get him?
BARDSQUILL:
dunno just copy-paste
some of the stuff above and ask him who's got the artifacts.
Alchemike:
i'll do it...
BARDSQUILL:
Don't understand
how 200,000 artifacts, much vaulted away, can go zap in two hours
BARDSQUILL:
Here's a
reference:
Independent
Media Center - webcast news
Alchemike:
yea...got it
Alchemike:
whole thing reminjds
of tolkien
Alchemike:
wrent the orks
also called uruk???
Alchemike:
or something like
that???
BARDSQUILL:
Museum had more
than art, had thousands of cuneiform tablets, even anunnaki tech like the
infamous Baghdad battery, more
BARDSQUILL:
lost that huge
queen's helmet
BARDSQUILL:
all this stuff
gone:
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/ur/ur.htm
Alchemike:
i know...it is
a total disaster
Alchemike:
but ya never
know...maybe some of the good guys got some
Alchemike:
whole situation
is fubar
BARDSQUILL:
some of that stuff
would require cranes and forklifts
Alchemike:
agree
Alchemike:
bigtime
BARDSQUILL:
The Temple of Nimrud
sculptures, Assyrian
SIDE NOTE: Exhibit on Nazi Art Looting Canceled January 29 2003
The Art Institute of Chicago has canceled an exhibit on the history of Nazi art looting, the museum announced
Wednesday.