Viggen Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 As security improves to allow excavation, evidence may emerge that advanced societies existed in the area much earlier than previously thought, said Dr John Russell, professor of archaeology at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. "A decade of research in Iraq could rewrite the books of archaeology, no question," Russell, who is currently serving as a senior adviser to Iraq's ministry of culture, told Reuters on Thursday at the opening of new conservation and restoration laboratory at Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad. full article at Yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kama Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Iraq is said to be the birthplace of the first 'modern' civilizations. Mesopotamian area between tigris and eurphrates rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 I really do hope they find a lot of good stuff there. There's a painful lack of knowledge about that era in human history, which I am very interested in finding out. I am trying to make a family tree of civilization from about 30,000 years ago and all the information I find is so incredibly vauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynch Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 Sounds like quite the project moon, let me know if you need any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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