The US military says “military necessity” takes precedence over the safeguarding of this Islamic landmark

We can help by providing training in site management techniques, in museology and in conservation

The American contractor that built the infrastructure for a base adjacent to the ancient site is responsible for much of the destruction, says an independent report

In an article Bahrani wrote for the Guardian, she stated “[We have seen the] active destruction of the archaeological and historical record of the land”

The US-Iraqi academic has turned her attention to addressing the unauthorised excavation of archaeological sites

If an item is not immediately handed over to a “constable”, its owner could be receiving a prison sentence, even if he has legal title to the object

If a person in the UK who has a cultural item of Iraqi origin in his possession does not immediately hand that item over to a “constable”, he may now be guilty of a criminal offence and liable to imprisonment, even if he has legal title to the object

The ambassador assesses the situation on the ground and recommends that swift action must be taken if cultural landmarks are to remain

The venture is backed by the Iraqi authorities, who have a stake in the newfound Iraq Project Company

The organisations will survey the condition of the country’s historic sites and then raise money for their restoration

By expressing their wish to join an international cultural task force, Iran acknowledges the mutual cultural history that ties the two countries

Highlights from the university's museum on show in 'Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur'

Found in the headquarters of Saddam’s secret police force in Baghdad, the cache has been transferred to Washington for conservation

"I served with all my might", said Alfonso Perez Sanchez

The cards were issued to US troops in Iraq to help them identify the enemy

The Americans did not list protection of Uruk as necessary when they handed over administration to the Netherlands

The exhibition could raise money to repair the ransacked National Museum of Iraq

The Art Newspaper takes inventory of the worst casualties

While the Warka Vase has been accounted for, reports suggest that the cylinder seal collection has vanished

The Art Newspaper speaks to the director of the Metropolitan about the historical significance of the Iraq Museum's plunder and how disasters of its kind can be dealt with

American army says it was aware of the risks, but did not protect the building as Iraqi nationals overwhelmed staff who attempted to defend the collection

Brutality and the bad, bad taste of evil

Polls show the public could not care less what the art world thinks

Iraq’s history is our history too

Iraq war poses significant risk to cultural treasures in the region

The ancient Assyrian empire, along with over a hundred other heritage sites, will face detrimental flooding

Few have seen the Nimrud gold, a cache of eighth-century BC Assyrian royal gold

Archaeologists descended upon three sites in Southern Iraq rumoured to contain antiquities

Professor John Malcolm Russell's personal connection to the objects left him well placed to recognise them in images from sales

In a lecture given at London's Institute of Archaeology, Dr Lamia al Galiani-Werr drove home the urgency of the issue