The Looting of the Baghdad Museum

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Date

2003-10-01

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Oakland University

Abstract

On April 9, Baghdad fell to American-led coalition forces. Over the following two days, the social order in the city broke down, as typically happens after the overthrow of a government, and uncontrollable mobs rioted in the streets, looting shops, government buildings, and most disastrously, the national library and museum of Baghdad.

Description

Keywords

Archaeology, Museums, Looting, History

Citation

Wood, Susan E. "The Looting of the Baghdad Museum" Oakland Journal 6 (2003). 88-106