Since the beginning of the terrible war in Iraq, beyond the savage butchery that resulted and the terrible violation of the most basic human rights that any soul felt like wisps of humanity, I immediately worried about looting and pillaging the world heritage site representing its archaeological treasures. Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Since the beginning of the terrible war in Iraq, beyond the savage butchery that resulted and the terrible violation of the most basic human rights that any soul felt like wisps of humanity, I immediately worried about looting and pillaging the world heritage site representing its archaeological treasures.
Since the beginning of the terrible war in Iraq, beyond the savage butchery that resulted and the terrible violation of the most basic human rights that any soul felt like wisps of humanity, I immediately worried about looting and pillaging the world heritage site representing its archaeological treasures. course, this attention was high in media more concerned with the details of war, political shifts, the morbid execution of Saddam Hussein, the attacks and all this paraphernalia media to which we are accustomed and which contribute significantly to manipulate our thinking.
But I, being of fixed ideas and leave me the least influenced by tabloid front pages and headline news, kept asking me every time I went out an attack and the deaths of innocent dotted with drops of sacred and mud on the TV screen , what have they done with the treasure of our past? What wild will have committed atrocities in the footsteps of the history of our civilization? What are greedy billionaire have sold the jewels to the passage of time has forgiven her disappearance time for the learning of all humanity and its mission now languish in vaults of tickets corrupt?
As always, the network and its hazards brought me the answer, partly, yes, and just as painful ...
Donny George Youkhanna
has some archaeological work
has some archaeological work
Youkhanna began an active search for objects stolen from Baghdad when the looting occurred April 2003
.- "I can not return to Iraq. There I am a wanted man." Donny George Youkhanna down her big eyes with long lashes and lost in thought. You are about to begin his lecture on the archaeological heritage of Iraq at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, but his mind seems lost in some other place. Bring in a 'pen-drive' out of pocket some pictures of the treasures of Mesopotamia. Are the latest photos you took before leaving their country Donny George Youkhanna, now known as the man who saved the treasures of Mesopotamia, was director general of Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad, when the looting occurred April 2003. United States had just invaded the country and the chaos of those days also was primed for the Museum. In a few days, much of the collection disappeared. Parts up to 6 thousand years old were stolen in the chaos of desperate men, by militias opposed to the regime of Saddam, by professionals who knew the value of what they stole. Youkhanna then began to search actively for the stolen items. Known as the palm of your hand every piece of the collection: its history, its age, its cultural value. Unesco
mobilized
, allied troops, Iraqi police and countries neighbors to confiscate all the treasures that were leaving the country illegally. 15 000 pieces of stolen, recovered half. It was a great achievement for those who helped in the rescue, but a great loss for humanity. Whereabouts unknown
clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform (the earliest evidence of writing in the world), vases, figurines and jewelry of gold and silver from the cultures Assyrian, Sumerian, Chaldean, Babylonian, Christian and Muslim have been deleted from the official circuit. His fate is unknown and its conservation status. May have been completed many private collectors. Others are rescued occasionally in the auction houses.
Having a senior and a Catholic, as Donny George, is a double risk in Iraq. The archaeologist has changed how every day road car to go to work, and how you never knew if he could go home. One night in 2006, after a direct threat of death, he packed his bags and fled with his family to Damascus. Shortly after the U.S. gave refuge to a position as professor of archeology at the University of
Stony Brook, New York.
hidden parts
Iraq "Saddam Hussein was a dictator and had to oblige. But if you had nothing to do with him, lived alone. Now there are a hundred Saddam Hussein and do not know how to please. And do not even have guaranteed that you will return home alive, "he says during an interview.
Donny George is proud of their Assyrian roots. During a photo shoot in New York Metropolitan Museum, archaeologist poses under two enormous' lamassu 'patron gods of the Assyrians (IX century BC) represented by a creature with a bull's body (sometimes a lion), the strongest animal on earth, wings of an eagle, the sky's most powerful animal, and human head , the most wise. At the end, Donny George contemplates with sadness the monuments around it. "All of Iraq's treasures are scattered across the world," says. "In New York, Washington, London, Berlin ...."
But today would be safer in Iraq?
Currently, some of the most valuable pieces of the (decimated) Iraqi assets are hidden in the Central Bank of Baghdad. Others remain in secret locations. Other, outdoors, as are the thousands of monuments to the long list of archaeological sites that exist in Iraq, the cradle of Western civilization ": Ur, Warka, Nippur, Babylon, Nimrud, Ashur, Nineveh, Dur-Sharrukin , Hatra, Samarra, Basra, Wasit and Karbala. Cities that have experienced the onslaught of bombs and remain mired in the relentless battle plaguing the country. "Iraq is in civil war. It is said in the news, but it's true," said the archaeologist.
The Central Bank has been attacked several times, but so far without success. Archaeological monuments are vulnerable to attack. Nobody knows how long it will hold intact the fragile heritage of ancient cultures of Iraq. "This heritage is not the Iraqis, of all humanity," says Donny George, his tone slow. "They are evidence of the earliest evidence of civilization, our civilization. And they're losing."
A rich cultural heritage maimed
mobilized
, allied troops, Iraqi police and countries neighbors to confiscate all the treasures that were leaving the country illegally. 15 000 pieces of stolen, recovered half. It was a great achievement for those who helped in the rescue, but a great loss for humanity. Whereabouts unknown
clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform (the earliest evidence of writing in the world), vases, figurines and jewelry of gold and silver from the cultures Assyrian, Sumerian, Chaldean, Babylonian, Christian and Muslim have been deleted from the official circuit. His fate is unknown and its conservation status. May have been completed many private collectors. Others are rescued occasionally in the auction houses.
Having a senior and a Catholic, as Donny George, is a double risk in Iraq. The archaeologist has changed how every day road car to go to work, and how you never knew if he could go home. One night in 2006, after a direct threat of death, he packed his bags and fled with his family to Damascus. Shortly after the U.S. gave refuge to a position as professor of archeology at the University of
Stony Brook, New York.
hidden parts
Iraq "Saddam Hussein was a dictator and had to oblige. But if you had nothing to do with him, lived alone. Now there are a hundred Saddam Hussein and do not know how to please. And do not even have guaranteed that you will return home alive, "he says during an interview.
Donny George is proud of their Assyrian roots. During a photo shoot in New York Metropolitan Museum, archaeologist poses under two enormous' lamassu 'patron gods of the Assyrians (IX century BC) represented by a creature with a bull's body (sometimes a lion), the strongest animal on earth, wings of an eagle, the sky's most powerful animal, and human head , the most wise. At the end, Donny George contemplates with sadness the monuments around it. "All of Iraq's treasures are scattered across the world," says. "In New York, Washington, London, Berlin ...."
But today would be safer in Iraq?
Currently, some of the most valuable pieces of the (decimated) Iraqi assets are hidden in the Central Bank of Baghdad. Others remain in secret locations. Other, outdoors, as are the thousands of monuments to the long list of archaeological sites that exist in Iraq, the cradle of Western civilization ": Ur, Warka, Nippur, Babylon, Nimrud, Ashur, Nineveh, Dur-Sharrukin , Hatra, Samarra, Basra, Wasit and Karbala. Cities that have experienced the onslaught of bombs and remain mired in the relentless battle plaguing the country. "Iraq is in civil war. It is said in the news, but it's true," said the archaeologist.
The Central Bank has been attacked several times, but so far without success. Archaeological monuments are vulnerable to attack. Nobody knows how long it will hold intact the fragile heritage of ancient cultures of Iraq. "This heritage is not the Iraqis, of all humanity," says Donny George, his tone slow. "They are evidence of the earliest evidence of civilization, our civilization. And they're losing."
A rich cultural heritage maimed
The Mona Lisa of Nimrud (left), carved in ivory, is one of the masterpieces of the late Assyrian culture (ninth century BC). The piece has suffered several setbacks that have the news. In the sixth century C. was thrown into a pit by the enemy when the citadel of Nimrud was attacked. The bust was also badly damaged during the looting that followed the U.S. invasion in 2003.
Among the items recovered after the sack is the famous Warka vase, from 3000-3100 a. C., made of alabaster and considered one of the earliest evidence of religion in ancient Mesopotamia. Believed to be used during rituals to worship the goddess Inanna in temples of the ancient city of Uruk, now Warka, the most important capital of Mesopotamia during the fourth millennium BC.
Among the items recovered after the sack is the famous Warka vase, from 3000-3100 a. C., made of alabaster and considered one of the earliest evidence of religion in ancient Mesopotamia. Believed to be used during rituals to worship the goddess Inanna in temples of the ancient city of Uruk, now Warka, the most important capital of Mesopotamia during the fourth millennium BC.
rescued Another important piece within the borders of Iraq is called Bassetki statue, a sculpture of the year 2250 acadia a. C. known for its technological and artistic value. With information from the mundo.es
SOURCE:
http://www.informador.com.mx/cultura/2010/201757/6/cuenta-donny-george-youkhanna-un-poco- out-of-work-arqueologica.htm
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