Sep 18 2012

Scores of artifacts stolen from museum in southern Iraq

By Basem Hussein Azzaman, September 18, 2012 Burglars broke into the Nebuchadnezzar Museum in the southern city of Hilla, removing 33 pieces, an Antiquities Department official said. The official, refusing to be named, said the burglars chose the finest artifacts in the museum, which houses artifacts recovered from ancient Babylon, situated a few kilometers north [...]