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    Visitors with the Bil Weekend tourism company take photographs inside the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon, in the area around the Ishtar gate. The animal on the walls ins a dragon-like creature associated with the Babylonian god Marduk.
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    'It Was Like Magic': Iraqis Visit Babylon And Other Heritage Sites For 1st Time

    Feb 23, 2021
    Domestic tourism has been strong in Iraq's northern Kurdish region, but sites in more impoverished, insecure areas tend to be visited less. A few Iraqi tourism companies are trying to change that.
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    Iraqi National Museum Deputy Director Musin Hassan holds his head in his hands as he sits amid destroyed artifacts in the Baghdad museum in 2003.
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    In Iraq, Authorities Continue To Fight Uphill Battle Against Antiquities Plunder

    Aug 20, 2020
    Heritage experts say hundreds of thousands of pieces have been looted at archaeological sites and museums. As the illegal trade in antiquities continues, Iraq is trying to get objects returned.
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    Screenshot of video on Facebook showing an Egyptian sarcophagus with mummy inside for sale. According to the ATHAR Project, the video is from an area known for extensive antiquities looting. Facebook bans trade in antiquities and human remains, but relie
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    Facebook Has Moved To Ban Sales Of Looted Antiquities. Will It Make A Difference?

    Jul 31, 2020
    Archaeologists have ID'ed 100-plus Facebook groups offering looted and illicit antiquities for sale. New rules ban the sale of "historical artifacts" on Facebook but critics want more enforcement.
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    The Salt
    A woman prepares couscous in a small Amazigh (Berber) hamlet on the eastern slopes of Morocco's High Atlas Mountains.
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    Couscous: A Symbol Of Harmony In Northwest Africa, A Region Of Clashes

    Jun 27, 2019
    Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania have a turbulent history. But they've created a joint bid to secure world heritage status for a food with deep roots and cultural meaning across the region.
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    Archaeologist Koji Iesaki holds a carved roof ornament excavated at the former site of the Jyokyo-ji temple in Kyoto. Iesaki and other archaeologists have their hands full, as a pre-Olympic building boom has helped reveal centuries-old artifacts from the
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    Ahead Of 2020 Summer Olympics, A Building Boom In Kyoto Is Yielding Ancient Artifacts

    Feb 06, 2019
    Archaeologists are rushing to uncover, document and preserve centuries-old objects, as new hotels and office buildings go up in the ancient former capital of Japan.
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    Fine Art
    Ownership of "Statue of a Victorious Youth," a bronze sculpture of ancient Greek origin, is being disputed. An American museum is trying to keep it.
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    Italian Court Orders Getty Museum To Return Statue To Italy

    Dec 05, 2018
    The Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it has no intention of returning the "Statue of a Victorious Youth," a piece of art from ancient Greece discovered off the Italian coast in the 1960s.
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    Digicel Reggae On The Hill 2016. -© Life After Gravity - http://www.fb.com/LifeAfterGravity
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    Gussie Clarke Says Reggae Spreads A Universal Message

    Dec 02, 2018
    Reggae music was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. One of the pioneers of reggae, music producer, Augustus "Gussie" Clarke, shares how the genre impacts the world.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
    A panel along the Archaeological Nature Trail in the 'Opunohu Valley on the island Mo'orea shows a rectangular structure that served as a craft making area. Evidence shows the interior was used for manufacturing adzes. Outside, breadfruit paste was ferme
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    A Cultural Project In Polynesia Has The Power To Teach Us All

    Nov 30, 2017
    Polynesia was colonized by the French and, even today, Polynesians are taught more about French history than their own. A new archaeological project aims to help change that, says Barbara J. King.
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