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Assyrian Plunder Archaeology
Started 11/3/18 by Cstar1; 275 views.
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11/3/18
After $31 Million Sale of 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Relief, Experts and Artists Denounce Christie's
Critics call the recent sale, which shattered previous world records for Assyrian art sales, a callous example of the art market profiting from suffering in the Middle East. Experts speculate that ISIS's destruction of cultural heritage sites may have boosted the value of the work.
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