Conflict Antiquities

Heritage at State announce the publication of the full set of videos of the sessions of the “Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria” symposium held by the U.S. Department of State and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on September 29, 2015. It is available here.

After two addresses by DoS staff and the yukky opening blurbs the two main sessions are presented:

1) “Looting and Destruction of Iraqi and Syrian Cultural Heritage"
 and you can read a full transcript here.

2) “The Role of Private Institutions and Collectors in Fostering Best Practices and Public Education"
 and again there is a full transcript here.