Catastrophe!: the Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past

Chicago, IL: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2008. First Edition. Quarto in tan and blue pictorial wraps; 87 pages: illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 30 cm. Very good (-); wraps show the slightest chipping and crease to front lower corner and price sticker to rear of wraps; pages clean and binding tight. Paperback. ISBN: 9781885923561, 1885923562

Describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Oriental Institute April 10, 2008, this book commemorates the fifth anniversary of the looting of the Iraq National Museum.