The BBC series 'Museum of Lost Objects' traces the stories of 10 antiquities or ancient sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria
In April 2003, almost the entire collection of ancient cylinder seals was stolen from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad - and it remains missing. In the chaotic, violent April of 2003, as US tanks rolled into Baghdad, the Iraq Museum was broken into and pillaged. Looters rampaged through the halls, storerooms, and cellars, stealing more than 15,000 precious objects.Listen to the episode about the Sumerian Seal on the Museum of Lost Objects podcast;
Read the complete series: The Winged Bull of Nineveh, The Temple of Bel, The Tell of Qarqur, Aleppo's minaret, The Lion of al-Lat, Mar Elian's monastery, The Unacceptable Poet, The Der Zor memorial and The Genie of Nimrud. Or get the other podcasts:
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Armenian Martyr's Memorial, Der Zor Thu 10 Mar 2016 A shrine to the 1915 Armenian massacres, made from human bones in the Syrian desert. Download MP3
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The Genie of Nimrud Wed 9 Mar 2016On the murky trail of a missing genie, last seen in the ancient Assyrian palace of Nimrud. Download MP3
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Al-Ma'arri the Poet Tue 8 Mar 2016 Why was the bust of a blind, vegetarian, medieval poet the casualty of Syria's modern war? Download MP3
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Mar Elian Monastery Mon 7 Mar 2016 The legends of a shrine, revered by both Christians and Muslims for hundreds of years Download MP3
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The Lion of al-Lat Fri 4 Mar 2016 The fearsome 2,000-year-old statue, regarded as one of the symbols of Palmyra. Download MP3
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Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo Thu 3 Mar 2016 The unique minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque, which is now only a waterfall of rubble. Download MP3
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