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Cultural Property at War: Protecting Heritage during Armed Conflict

Damaged lion sculpture from Tel Harmal at the Iraq National Museum, May 2003. Looters, unable to remove the sculpture, smashed its head. A matching sculpture, covered in foam padding, was left intact. Photo: Corine Wegener.

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