American Anthropological Association

According to a recent Associated Press news story, Iraqi officials have been busy over the past seven years trying to recover items looted after the 2003 US led-invasion of their country. Today, officials displayed 542 items, including a chrome plated AK-47 bearing the image of Sadam Hussein and a statue of a Sumerian king thought to be over 4,000 years old.

So far, 5,000 items stolen since 2003 have been recovered, and culture officials hoped Tuesday’s display would encourage more nations to cooperate in the search for 15,000 pieces still missing from the Iraqi National Museum.

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