Iraq would protect its archaeological sites by satellite
The Iraqi government intends to take up seriously the protection of their cultural heritage
Iraqi Minister of Tourism of Lebanon Al-Sumaysem
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Iraq has decided to seriously take up the protection of its archaeological sites. In the next two years, under the mediation of the state committee on tourism around the archaeological sites of the country will be built the wall, and a special department to monitor their status via satellite.
Head of the General Committee for Tourism and Antiquities of Iraq Kais Hussein al-Rashid (Qais Hussein al-Rashid) and Minister of Tourism of Lebanon Al-Sumaysem acknowledged that to date, the looting of monuments has taken alarming proportions, and promised that as soon as the guards will be more. Formed Police Department of Antiquities, which is responsible for protecting archaeological sites from the black.
The Iraqi government plans to build a future museum next to the archaeological complexes in the territory of the country is about 12,000. This sites Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Islamic civilizations. During the years of war and devastation in Iraq have been lost around 170,000 artifacts.
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