Iraqi Nation Museum and the Difficulties of Keeping a Collection Safe and Sound

If you enjoy stories of struggling against very highly stacked odds, you’ll appreciate Crispin Thorold‘s report for the BBC on the Iraqi National Museum. Likely one of the last places in the world you’d currently pick to house ancient artifacts, the story tells the tale of the famous looting that went on after the fall of the country’s government, the death threats its director received and how, slowly, they’re starting to open their doors again to the public.

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