Lamia al-Gailani Werr, Archaeologist Who Helped Rescue Iraqi Art, Has Died At 80

Werr, an expert on Mesopotamian stone seals, helped assess the damage to the Iraqi National Museum and its art, and also helped “catalog the objects that remained, found storage facilities for them and acted as an intermediary between the museum staff and occupying forces.” – The New York Times

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