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The Cradle of Civilisation

Rick Gekoski explores how and why works of antiquity were looted from Iraq's museums during the war there, and speculates on what may have happened to them since.

Series of programmes in which antiquarian book dealer Rick Gekoski tells the stories that lie behind five very different missing works of art.

One of the little-reported but culturally significant effects of the war in Iraq has been the loss of works of antiquity from the country's museums. From the Iraq Museum in Baghdad alone, it is estimated that 15,000 objects dating from the dawn of civilisation have disappeared.

Rick Gekoski examines how and why these Mesopotamian artefacts were looted and speculates on what may have happened to them.

A Pier production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Tue 1 Sep 2009 09:30
  • Thu 21 Jan 2010 15:45