Iraqi Government Recovers 6,000 Looted Artifacts
A majority of the recovered works were stolen by the Islamic State beginning in 2014.
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ISIS
Archaeologists Uncover ‘Significant’ Palace Door Threshold in Ancient Iraqi City of Nimrud During Major Recovery Dig
Archaeologists made the discovery of the large palace door and its royal inscriptions in Nimrud despite heavy destruction by ISIS in the area.
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Dam Threatens to Drown the 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Assyrian City of Ashur
The construction of the Makhoul Dam was initially proposed by Saddam Hussein's regime in 2002.
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Bardo National Museum Enters Into Cultural Exchange With Italian Institutions
Following the terrorist attack at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis last March, Seifallah Lasram, the city’s mayor, has entered into a cross-cultural partnership with the mayor of Turin, Italy
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Morning Links: Kazimir Malevich’s Racist Joke Edition
Must-read stories from around the art world
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‘This Is a Genocide’: Art Historian Zainab Bahrani on ISIS’s Destruction of Cultural Heritage
Last year, news outlets began reporting that the militant group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria had begun bombing and bulldozing cultural heritage sites and artifacts, some dating
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A Look at the Full Scope of ISIS’s Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites
In 2014, the militant group calling themselves the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria began destroying cultural heritage sites and artifacts—mosques and shrines, churches, and ancient and medieval…
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Morning Links: Ride City Edition
Jerry Saltz answers a round of “Would You Rather” with Paddle8. In response to
“Would you rather… be under house arrest for a week inside Prada Marfa with Donald Trump as your “cell mate” OR…
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RobbReport
Heesen Just Launched a Sleek New 164-Foot Aluminum Superyacht
WWD
What Calvin Klein’s Return to the Runway and High-profile Campaigns Say About Its Business
BGR
Apple isn’t paying for ChatGPT in iOS 18, even though OpenAI can’t save your data
Sportico
Congress to Consider Bill Declaring College Athletes Are Not Employees
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