More recoveries for the Iraq Museum

Brief but encouraging notice here:

The Antiquities Inspectorate in the southern city of Najaf has retrieved more than 200 archaeological pieces that were stolen mainly from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.

The inspectorate’s head, Mohammed Hadi, attributed the success in finding the missing artifacts to a ruling by city’s high-ranking clerics banning trade in antiquities and demanding the return of the stolen items.

Posted by David on March 21, 2006 1:05 PM