Iraq regains gold earrings from the treasure of Nimrod

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Iraq regains gold earrings from the treasure of Nimrod .. After it was on the verge of selling in New YorkQuestions about how and access to the United States after having been saved in the Central Bank vaults24/08/2010Treasures of Nimrud have displayed for a short time in the Iraq Museum in 2003 after the overthrow of the former Iraqi regime Baghdad : Huda Jassim, Washington: Mina Al-Oraibi London: «Middle East »- The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Iraq Iraq's restoration of gold earrings dating to the time of the Assyrian ( 934-608 BC) after it was on the verge of selling at auction at Christie's in New York.

Said Abdul-Zahra Tlghani , media advisor to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities , told «Middle East» It has been restored « gold earrings recently , part of the Archives of Iraq, has been auctioned off after the discovery of its presence in the United States » .

However, the Iraqi official denied knowing about how to access these earrings, which is one of the treasures of Nimrud , which keeps Iraq in the coffers of the Central Bank of Iraq, but he stressed that Iraq still retains a lot of archives , including the treasure of Nimrod « somewhere very safe » . The newspaper « Daily Telegraph » British pointed out that the artifact, dating to more than 3000 years , is one of the many antiquities that were stolen after the overthrow of former Iraqi regime.

Remember the paper that the earrings are part of the treasures of Nimrud , amounting to about 613 pieces of gold and jewelry found in 1988 in two graves and return one for the Queen of Assyrian and one for the princess in the city of Nimrud archaeological capital of the Assyrians , in northern Iraq , where the city of Mosul and around today. And keep the former regime, this treasure the archaeological treasures of Central Bank of Iraq in 1991 during the Iraq war , which erupted after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and since then has not presented this treasure anywhere, while the reports spoke Iraq that Sajida Khairallah , wife of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had been seen once , wearing a golden coins from the treasure .

The newspaper quoted British Donny George, an archaeologist of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi antiquities before, before settling in the United States in 2005 , he distinguished those earrings , upon seeing me, and said that he took his own photographs of the objects, archaeological have found more than two decades of Time.

Christie did not reveal the identity of the seller as he did not comment on the matter.

It is known that « Department of Immigration and Customs » U.S. responsible for monitoring and recovery of stolen antiquities .

According to the department responsible for the «Middle East » gold earrings that were returned to Iraq in the group of 6 Effects of the U.S. authorities have retrieved during the final months of last year and handed over to the Iraqi Embassy in Washington in February (February ) last year. The Assistant Director of « Department of Immigration and Customs » John Morton at the ceremony on time : « It is a great honor to restore to the Iraqi people on behalf of the American people, this group of cultural treasures that reflect the history of (Iraq), rich in history and civilization » .

Recognized earrings, dating back to the eight decades before the date to the Iraqi authorities with a range of effects that were stolen from Iraq and were seized in the United States , including a Roman coin dating back to 250 years BC. And stresses the « Department of Immigration and Customs » continue its work to recover pieces stolen Iraqi , but there are problems in identifying the stolen objects , since a large number of them are already monitored . It is noteworthy that the Service is part of a wider process of the Ministry of « Homeland Security » U.S. to monitor the stolen items , which usually try to Sarkoha sold through auction to be held in New York , one of the most important centers of auctions in the world

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