April 10-12 marks the anniversary of the looting of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003. In this video, Dr. Donny George Youkhanna, the former director of the Iraq Museum, urged us to participate in a worldwide candlelight vigil to commemorate the tragic events, and to end the looting and destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq, and around the world. The Donny George Candlelight Vigil for Glabal Heritage was initiated in 2007 by SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone and renamed after Dr. Youkhanna, who passed away in March 2011. For more information about SAFE Vigils, see www.savingantiquities.org
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Hundreds of artifacts, looted in the wake of the US-led invasion of Iraq, have been returned to the country, but many more remain missing, stolen from Iraq's ancient sites. Al Jazeera's Owen Fay, reporting from Baghdad, looks at the efforts to safeguard Iraq's cultural heritage.
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On April 11 2008, Rutgers University's Dept. of Historic Preservation-Art History joined SAFE in commemorating the looting of the Iraq Museum in April 2003. For more information about that vigil and other SAFE vigils, see: savingantiquities.org Courtesy of RU-tv.
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In April 2009, Dr. Brian Rose, Deputy Director of the Penn Museum was invited by the State Department to help coordinate cultural preservation efforts in Iraq. Along with a team of army specialists and other cultural experts, Dr. Rose visited several cultural heritage sites across the country that experienced significant damage during the recent wars. Among these sites was the ancient city of Ur, known as the cradle of civilization and the site of the biblical Garden of Eden. Here, we are guided through the Ziggurat of Ur built by Ur-Nammu in 2100 BCE. The site is also said to be the birthplace of the biblical Abraham although there is no archaeological evidence to support this claim. In 2000, Saddam Hussein built a modern "House of Abraham" out of cement in hopes that the Pope would visit on the Anniversary year of the Vatican. The Pope, however, did not come. Dr. Rose filmed Guide Dhaif Munsen as he revealed some of the facts about the site from its ancient past to recent attempts at renovation and interpretation. Dhaif Munsen's grandfather worked a the excavation site with Sir Leonard Woolley in 1922. The group also tours the site of the Great Death Pit at the Royal Cemetery of Ur dating from 2500BCE. The site, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley in 1922, yielded the an extraordinary cache of gold and cultural artifacts as well as a dramatic story of human sacrifice. The materials he found, including the headdress of Queen Pu-Abi and a bull-shaped lyre and are the ...
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In April 2009, Dr. Brian Rose, Deputy Director of the Penn Museum was invited by the State Department to help coordinate cultural preservation efforts in Iraq. Along with a team of army specialists and other cultural experts, Dr. Rose visited several cultural heritage sites across the country that experienced significant damage during the past wars. Among these sites was the ancient city of Ur, known as the cradle of civilization and the site of the biblical Garden of Eden. Abdul Amir Abdani, Archaeologial Site Supervisor for the Province of Dhi Qar, tours the "House of Abraham" near the Ziggurat of Ur built by Ur-Nammu in 2100 BCE. The site is said to be the birthplace of the biblical Abraham although there is no archaeological evidence to support this claim. In 2000, Saddam Hussein built a modern "House of Abraham" out of cement bricks in hopes that the Pope would visit on the Anniversary year of the Vatican. The Pope, however, did not come. The group also tours the site of the Great Death Pit at the Royal Cemetery of Ur dating from 2500BCE. The site, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley in 1922, yielded the an extraordinary cache of gold and cultural artifacts as well as a dramatic story of human sacrifice. The materials he found, including the headdress of Queen Pu-Abi and a bull-shaped lyre and are the highlights of a new exhibition at the Penn Museum, Discovering Iraq's Ancient Past.
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part1 of 4 If you want to watch it in full go to blip.tv Professor Zaineb Al Bahrani of Columbia University speaking about the destruction of Iraq's Cultural Heritage at a public meeting in London on he 12th august 2009. The meeting was organised by Women Solidarity for an Independent & Unified Iraq solidarityiraq.blogspot.com
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This documentary is about a project conducted by UNESCO Iraq Office to rehabilitate traditional water canals in Northern Iraq known as Karez. Facing a severe drought, Northern Iraqi governorates depend on an ancient water network enabling them to use ground water resources. With the gradual deterioration of these canals, hundreds of families were living in threatening conditions and many found themselves forced to leave their homeland. UNESCO Iraq started in 2007 a project funded by the European Union to rehabilitate 20 karez. The project allowed local residents to benefit again form their ground water resources and contributed in saving more than 800 families from displacement.
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Iraq used to be home to one of the Middle East's most thriving Jewish communities, attracted among other things by the wealth of holy sites going back to ancient Mesopotamia. Wars, politics and the creation of Israel meant most Jews left Iraq -- yet the Jewish shrines are still maintained, and revered, by Iraq's Muslims.
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More at www.MaddowFans.com Rachel Maddow guest appearance on CNN's Paula Zahn Now (3 Part 1 topics include anti-war Iraq vets and the proposal for "Confederate Heritage Month."
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Heritage in Focus: How Congress Can Help Our Troops in Iraq
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On Thursday September 13th, Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK took the stage during a conservative think tank forum. She announced that it would be appropriate to have a memorial for those who have died during the US occupation, then she introduced Carlos Arredondo whose sone died in Iraq. After Carlos talked about his son, Medea read the New York Times op-ed written by 7 soldiers, two of which died in Iraq this week while General Petraeus was giving his report to Congress. After the reading, Betsy Rose sang the names of those 2 soldiers killed, and Medea responded, "We remember you."
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Heritage In Focus: Why We Fight in Iraq
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part2 of 4 If you want to watch it in full go to blip.tv Professor Zaineb Al Bahrani of Columbia University speaking about the destruction of Iraq's Cultural Heritage at a public meeting in London on he 12th august 2009. The meeting was organised by Women Solidarity for an Independent & Unified Iraq
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Heritage In Focus: Hijacking Troops for Pork
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July 2003 The destruction and looting of Iraq's National museum became a symbol of America's failure to protect the country it had occupied. But now the museum is slowly being restored and many pieces recovered. Images of the empty museum provoked outrage that looters could so easily walk off with Iraq's heritage from under the Americans' noses. It was reported that as many as 170000 artefacts were stolen, a figure played down by American investigators. "We have found that was fortunately a gross and irresponsible exaggeration," explains Col Matthew Bogdonas. But many in the world community still maintain the Americans could have done more. "Are any of those people engaged in the fighting"' asks Col Matthew Bogdonas. "The Museum was a battleground." The Americans are running an amnesty programme, encouraging the return of looted relics and "little by little the wounds are healing." So far about 1000 have been returned. Both Iraq's cultural heritage and America's hearts and minds campaign depend on it.
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site.heritage.org | Rebuilding Iraq during the raging insurgency was no easy task. It required ingenuity, courage and innovative ways to get the job done—sometimes with equipment that offered little protection from the car bombs and rocket attacks launched by America's enemies. Kachejian told his harrowing story in a book called "SUVs Suck In Combat." It chronicles some of the war stories that Americans never heard about the readiness challenges facing our military. The Heritage Foundation chose to profile him as part of Protect America Month, which showcases why we must commit to protecting the United States in an increasingly dangerous world.
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WASHINGTON, DC - December 17th, 2008 - President Bush may have though he'd see the last of shoes being thrown his way, but the anti-war group Code Pink showed up at the White House Wednesday to stage a protest inspired by the President's much-discussed shoe ducking incident. The protesters took turns throwing shoes at a large puppet that was made up to look like President Bush. A shoe memorial was also laid out on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to represent the Iraqi civilians who have been killed during the war. The group's founder, Medea Benjamin, says she views the Iraqi reporter who threw his footwear at the president as a role model, saying "We feel that the Iraq reporter is now a hero throughout the world because he has expressed the sentiment of millions of people who are so angry at George Bush's policies" Critics of Code Pink say the event was more publicity stunt than constructive discussion of the problems facing a post-Bush administration. Brian Darling of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, says Code Pink may have to change its style once Barack Obama inherits both the White House and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying "There is a mainstream left which respectfully discusses what's happened in Iraq and then there is Code Pink - no where near respectful - and their actions are out of the mainstream." The US Secret Service stood by during the protests; however there were no conflicts with authorities and no arrests were ...
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On Thursday September 13th, several CODEPINK supporters interrupted the Progress in Iraq forum at a conservative think tank known as the The Heritage Foundation
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