![]() Interestingly there is a huge market for antiquities, and curiously art, drugs, and arms often travel together in the international black-market. 11.Īrmed with a classics degree from Bucknell University, a law degree and a master’s degree in classics from Columbia University, and a master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Army War College, Bogdanos found himself in Bagdad and assigned to recover stolen antiquities that had been looted from the Iraq National Museum during the battle of Baghdad. He had prosecuted some heinous crimes in New York before being recalled to active duty following the attacks on the U.S. ![]() Bogdanos was a New York City Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan. I had been to a talk by Matthew Bogdanos, author of Thieves of Bagdad. All month there are activities, lectures, and discussion built around this book.Īs soon as I started reading, I was reminded of another book I had read about 15 years ago. ![]() It is a journey that explores the moral ground of archeology, and it asks tough questions-who owns or has the right to what has been left behind?įinders Keepers, A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession is the 2023 One Book One Valley selection of the Estes Valley Library. ![]() He draws you in and takes you along on a journey that uncovers more than ancient artifacts. And I love a book that tells a good story.Ĭolorado author Craig Childs checks all of those boxes. ![]()
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