A nation stays alive
when its culture stays alive
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have
the wider vision
(George Eliot)
Babylonian artifacts in German auction house
Published on 31 July 2007
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video 5.22 Min
Michael Muller-Karpe fights the German customs who refuse to return a very ancient artefact to Iraq which they confiscated earlier at an auction house
Illegal trade in cultural treasures from ancient Babylon is on the increase in Germany.It’s a million-dollar business,and customs and investigators are powerless to control it. The millennia-old Iraqi artifacts have usually been looted by Iraqis but US soldiers have also stolen from the war-torn country.
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