IRAQ: U.S. CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER ATTENDS OPENING OF NEW DISPLAY OF TREASURES OF NIMRUD AT BAGHDAD MUSEUM

Record ID: 320038

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER ATTENDS OPENING OF NEW DISPLAY OF TREASURES OF NIMRUD AT BAGHDAD MUSEUM
  • Date: 4th July 2003
  • Summary: (U3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY 3, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV U.S SOLDIERS AT THE MAIN GATE OF IRAQI NATIONAL MUSEUM; SLV EXTERIOR MUSEUM 0.09 2. MV/SCU ARTEFACTS OF GOLD AND JEWELLERY; SCU GOLD STATUE OF DEER; SCU JEWELLERY ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM; MV SECURITY; MV WALLS (13 SHOTS) 1.10 3. MV U.S. CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER AND IRAQI OFFICIALS TOURING MUSEUM (4 SHOTS) 1.45 4. SLV /SCU ANTIQUITIES (5 SHOTS) 2.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th July 2003 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA2FPIMAB4SVT7XKZ2C2S41XT2T
  • Story Text: U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer has attended the
    opening of a new display of treasures of Nimrud at the Baghdad
    Museum.

    Bremer attended the Baghdad Museum opening on Thursday
    (July 3, 2003) in which selected items from the world famous
    Treasure of Nimrud were put on display. The public unveiling
    of the treasures demonstrated to the world that they had
    remained undamaged from the recent Iraqi conflict.

    The artefacts are estimated by archaeologists to be the
    most important gold hoard of the twentieth century after
    Tutankhamun.

    The treasures dating back to 900 BC were discovered by
    Iraqi archaeologist Muzahim Muhmoud Hussein between 1988 and
    1992 but have spent most of the time since then buried deep in
    a bank vault. Their brief return to the museum is intended to
    stimulate interest in Iraq due to its rich cultural and
    artistic heritage and to satisfy the world that the treasure
    has not been looted or destroyed.


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