April 19 -- It was the most important museum, housing the most important artifacts, in one of the richest archaeological regions in the world. Archaeologists say civilization began in Iraq — in a ...

The reopening this week of Iraq’s National Museum, which was looted of its prized antiquities following the invasion by American forces in 2003, has prompted Dana Variano to argue on the ...

Introduction / William R. Polk -- The illicit trade in looted antiquities / Angela H.M. Schuster -- Smuggling and looting in Iraq / Micah Garen and Marie-Hélène Carleton -- A short history of the Iraq ...