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Under the Tower of Babel

Under the Tower of Babel. archaeology. archaeology. museum. tourism. archaeology as politics. Ayodhya, India December 6, 1992 Destruction of the 16 th century Babur mosque. Destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas, Afghanistan March 2001. Looting of Iraq Museum 2003.

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Under the Tower of Babel

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  1. Under the Tower of Babel

  2. archaeology

  3. archaeology

  4. museum

  5. tourism

  6. archaeology as politics Ayodhya, India December 6, 1992 Destruction of the 16th century Babur mosque

  7. Destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas, Afghanistan March 2001

  8. Looting of Iraq Museum 2003

  9. ancient past as national identity

  10. Saddam Hussein’s building projects at Babylon

  11. Saddam’s palace Nebuchadnezzar’s palace US Army Helipad (Landing Zone) Marduk’s ziqqurat Place and desire: multiple occupations of Babylon

  12. The Swords of Qādisīyah, also called the Hands of Victory, Baghdad (1989)

  13. The dam(n)ing of cultural landscapes Changing landscape around a dam construction on the Euphrates- South East Turkey, 1976-1999.

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