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Special Event

Catastrophe! The Destruction and Looting of Iraq's Past

When

Wednesday May 14, 2008 (12:15pm)

Where

The Oriental Institute

1155 E 58th St

773.702.9520

Price

Free

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The Oriental Institute says…

Curator Katharyn Hanson leads a lunchtime tour of the Oriental Institute's ongoing exhibit Catastrophe!, which explores the devastating effect that the Iraq War has had on ancient art and artifacts. The show opened last month to mark the fifth anniversary of the looting of the Iraq National Museum. It highlights not only the irreparable losses there, but the ongoing, less-publicized theft and damage of archaeological treasures all over the region. Many priceless relics that shed light on the birth of civilization are presently missing, and many more are destroyed.