Iraqi student Zeidoun Alkinani protesting the posession of ancient Iraqi artifacts by Germans at the Babylonian Ishtar Gate in the Pergamon Museum of Berlin.
Prior to World War I, German archaeologists excavated large numbers of ancient artifacts across what is today Iraq and shipped them to Germany as part of a larger phenomenon of cultural pillage by European archaeologists across the Middle East that continued for decades.
In 2002, Iraqi officials asked for the return of the Gate, to no avail. A year later, the US invaded the country.
via The Ajam Media Collective
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Friendly neighborhood recluse
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What a kid, and what a woman
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Plus you get driven there & back for free, and they give you a little souvenir at the end. Perfection.
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Absolutely. Learned that one the hard way
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