Advances by Islamic State (IS) forces have threatened one of the last safe regions of Mesopotamia still open to archaeologists by driving up the risks of working in Iraqi Kurdistan, it is feared. This month, a team of Italian archaeologists left their excavation site in Irbil, heading overland to Turkey. Archaeological research in key sites in the region has been badly hit by war in Iraq and subsequently Syria. There are new risks in Lebanon, while disputes over artefacts have added to permit difficulties in Turkey. Iraqi Kurdistan had drawn archaeologists as a result, but interest is also growing in the safer central Asian countries of Turkmenistan and Georgia, experts say. theartnewspaper/articles/Islamic-State-advance-halts-archaeological-research-in-Iraqi-Kurdistan/35704
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:36:53 +0000
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