from The Art Newspaper -
Archaeological sites in south Iraq have not been looted, say experts
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from The New Scientist -
Archaeologists to refuse help over possible Iran strike
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Two contrasting perspectives - but the larger issue may be that in all conflicts, heritage preservation takes a beating.

In the report from Art Newspaper, although no evidence of further looting was found since the Iraq invasion, the report did note that damage did occur as a direct result of the invasion (carried out by the armed forces of both sides of the conflict). The seeming "callousness" of the archaeologists cited in the second report in New Scientist is perhaps more understandable in light of this.

In any case, the problem is not with the archaeologists but with politicians behaving as tyrants.
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