Babylon is damaged by coalition troops

&to= english.pravda.ru/war/2003/03/28/45193.html ' target=_blank>Coalition troops in Iraq are blamed for damaging and contaminating parts of the archaeological city of Babylon in a report released Saturday. The report by John Curtis, keeper of the British Museum's Near East department, notes that dragons at the Ishtar Gate were marred by cracks and gaps where someone tried to remove their decorative bricks. The troops are also blamed for crushing a 2,600-year-old brick pavement with military vehicles and for breaking bricks stamped by King Nebuchadnezzar II, the report notes. U.S. Marines and soldiers from Poland and other countries have used the ancient Iraqi city of Babylon as a base. It's located 80 kilometres south of Baghdad, reports CBC News. According to ABC News, U.S.-led troops using the ancient Iraqi city of &to= english.pravda.ru/main/2003/03/10/44204.html ' target=_blank>Babylon as a base have damaged and contaminated artifacts dating back thousands of years in one of the world's most important archaeological sites, the British Museum said Saturday. For example, military vehicles crushed a 2,600-year-old brick pavement, and archaeological fragments, including broken bricks stamped by King Nebuchadnezzar II around the same time, were scattered across the site, a museum report said. The dragons at the Ishtar Gate were marred by cracks and gaps where someone tried to remove their decorative bricks, the paper said. John Curtis, keeper of the British Museum's Near East department, who was invited by the Iraqis to study the site, also found that large quantities of sand mixed with archaeological fragments have been taken from the site to fill &to= english.pravda.ru/hotspots/2001/06/07/7157.html ' target=_blank>military sandbags.

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