Digital Media Center
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gate 61
920 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0370
(800) 654-4262

© 2024 Alabama Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Archaeologists Seek Help in Recovering Stolen Iraqi Artifacts

Archaeologists in Baghdad appeal to museums around the world to help retrieve items stolen from the city's National Museum of Antiquities and restore artifacts broken during the chaos of the war. Meanwhile, U.S. military commanders defend their handling of the looting. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt, John Malcolm Russell of the Massachusetts College of Art and Neil Brodie of The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre.

Copyright 2003 NPR

Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPR's National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S.
News from Alabama Public Radio is a public service in association with the University of Alabama. We depend on your help to keep our programming on the air and online. Please consider supporting the news you rely on with a donation today. Every contribution, no matter the size, propels our vital coverage. Thank you.