![]() ''There has been a great deal of looting of ancient sites throughout the country.'' Under the program, called the G.C.I.-W.M.F. ''There was a remarkable lack of destruction during the conflict, but a lot has happened since,'' she said. ![]() Bonnie Burnham, the president of the World Monuments Fund, said yesterday that most of the efforts now under way to protect and preserve Iraqi cultural heritage have focused on the National Museum in Baghdad and other institutions, at the expense of the thousands of archaeological sites and ancient buildings throughout the country. Paul Getty Trust, based in Los Angeles, will work together with Unesco and the Iraqi Ministry of Culture. The World Monuments Fund, based in New York, and the Getty Conservation Institute, a program of the J. ![]() TEAMING UP FOR IRAQ PRESERVATION - Two leading conservation groups have announced a joint program to protect endangered monuments and archaeological sites in Iraq in the aftermath of the war there. ![]()
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