Mosul Archeological Museum looted

Not clear yet how bad the situation is in Baghdad, but in Mosul it looks like the museum has been pretty well cleaned out:

By the time Asif Mohammed turned up for work yesterday morning, the ancient contents of Mosul's museum had vanished. The looters knew what they were looking for, and in less than 10 minutes had walked off with several million dollars worth of Parthian sculpture.
The 2,000-year-old statue of King Saqnatroq II - one of Iraq's forgotten monarchs - had disappeared from its cabinet. Lying on the glass-strewn floor were the remains of several mythical birds and an Athenian goddess, apparently broken by the looters as they made their escape.

Posted by David on April 11, 2003 11:19 PM