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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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