When words fail. Iraq's lost heritage, and efforts to save it

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Recorded18 Nov 2015

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Part of the Conflict and Cultural Heritage Conference. Theme 1: What is happening? The significance of sites at risk, and the current situation. Dr Lamia al-Gailani ( UCL/SOAS). Iraq has lost many of its most valuable monuments, ancient and modern, to war, violence, re-development, and neglect . This talk discusses some of the urgent measures, immediate and long term, to preserve and document what is left.

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