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New York Times
June 23, 2008 By Steven Mcelroy
Almost 2,500 ancient artifacts that had been looted from archaeological sites and from Baghdad’s national museum during the American-led invasion in 2003 and were recently seized by Jordanian border officials were returned on Sunday, Reuters reported. Maha al-Khatib, Jordan’s tourism minister, presented the pieces — including coins, necklaces, ancient scrolls and ceramic pots — to Mohammed al-Uraibi, Iraq’s antiquities minister, at a ceremony in Amman, Jordan. One of the most valuable of the pieces is an ivory relief from the first millennium B.C. that came from the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrod. Mr. Uraibi said 15,000 items were stolen during the looting in 2003, and about 8,500 have been returned.
June 23, 2008 By Steven Mcelroy
Almost 2,500 ancient artifacts that had been looted from archaeological sites and from Baghdad’s national museum during the American-led invasion in 2003 and were recently seized by Jordanian border officials were returned on Sunday, Reuters reported. Maha al-Khatib, Jordan’s tourism minister, presented the pieces — including coins, necklaces, ancient scrolls and ceramic pots — to Mohammed al-Uraibi, Iraq’s antiquities minister, at a ceremony in Amman, Jordan. One of the most valuable of the pieces is an ivory relief from the first millennium B.C. that came from the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrod. Mr. Uraibi said 15,000 items were stolen during the looting in 2003, and about 8,500 have been returned.