[ti:Iraq Sees Growth in Research, Preservation Efforts]
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[00:00.04]An international research project
[00:02.84]has found the remains of what is believed
[00:06.36]to be a 5,000-year-old restaurant in southern Iraq.
[00:12.32]The discovery, announced in late January,
[00:15.80]comes at a time of great growth
[00:18.44]in Iraqi research and preservation efforts.
[00:22.36]Iraq is often called the "cradle of civilization" -
[00:27.16]meaning the birthplace of complex societies.
[00:31.56]The country is home to six
[00:33.64]UNESCO-listed world heritage sites,
[00:36.64]among them the ancient city of Babylon.
[00:40.84]It was home to several ancient empires
[00:43.80]under rulers like Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar.
[00:48.96]But research efforts have been hurt by years of conflict
[00:52.76]before and after the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003.
[01:00.16]Many of the country's ancient treasures
[01:02.92]and other valuable property were stolen during this time.
[01:07.48]Laith Majid Hussein,
[01:09.44]director of the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage of Iraq,
[01:14.84]told The Associated Press that the effects
[01:17.60]of the stealing "were very severe."
[01:20.80]As peace returned in recent years, researchers have as well.
[01:26.40]At the same time,
[01:28.08]thousands of stolen objects have been returned,
[01:31.88]offering hope of an archeological rebirth, or renaissance.
[01:38.44]Digging at Lagash has taken place on and off since the 1930s.
[01:45.92]Unlike many historic sites,
[01:48.92]Lagash did not have many objects stolen.
[01:53.16]This is largely due to the efforts
[01:55.92]of people living in the area, said Zaid Alrawi,
[02:00.76]an Iraqi archeologist who is the project manager at the site.
[02:06.52]People who came to the area to steal were run off
[02:11.24]by "local villagers who consider these sites
[02:14.88]basically their own property," he said.
[02:17.96]A temple area and the remains of important buildings
[02:23.84]had been uncovered in earlier digs.
[02:27.16]So, when archeologists returned in 2019, Alrawi said,
[02:33.80]they paid careful attention to areas
[02:36.68]that would give clues to the lives of ordinary people.
[02:41.68]Researchers began by examining what turned out to be
[02:46.20]a pottery workshop containing several kilns.
[02:51.20]Kilns are kinds of ovens or furnaces used to dry
[02:57.40]or harden objects made of clay or other materials.
[03:02.52]Further digging in the area near the workshop
[03:06.20]uncovered a large room containing a fireplace for cooking.
[03:11.48]The area also had seating and a food cooling system
[03:17.32]made with clay jars placed in the ground.
[03:21.52]The site is believed to date to around 2,700 BC.
[03:28.80]Alrawi said he believes the restaurant
[03:32.04]was a simple eating place to feed workers
[03:35.40]from the pottery workshop next door.
[03:38.56]"I think it was a place to serve whoever was working
[03:42.48]at the big pottery production next door,
[03:46.04]right next to the place where people work hard,
[03:49.16]and they had to eat lunch," he said.
[03:52.76]Alrawi, whose father was also an archeologist,
[03:57.28]grew up visiting sites around the country.
[04:00.72]Today, he is happy to see many research digs returning to Iraq.
[04:06.44]"It's very good for the country and for the archeologists,
[04:11.36]for the international universities," he said.
[04:15.68]As archeological exploration has increased,
[04:19.12]international dollars have flowed into Iraqi projects.
[04:23.80]Workers are restoring damaged ancient sites
[04:27.52]like the al-Nouri mosque in Mosul.
[04:31.68]Iraqi officials have pushed to bring back stolen pieces
[04:35.24]from countries as near as Lebanon
[04:38.56]and as far as the United States.
[04:41.68]Last month, Iraq's national museum began opening its doors
[04:46.80]to the public for free on Fridays — a first in recent history.
[04:52.44]Families walked through halls lined with ancient objects
[04:56.00]such as Assyrian tablets.
[04:59.92]They also got a up-close look
[05:02.04]at one of the most famous of Iraq's returned objects:
[05:07.04]a small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years.
[05:12.84]The clay tablet has part of the ancient poem
[05:16.32]the Epic of Gilgamesh written on it.
[05:19.68]The tablet was stolen from an Iraqi museum
[05:22.68]more than thirty years ago.
[05:25.16]The United States returned the tablet to Iraq two years ago.
[05:30.32]The U.S. has returned
[05:31.96]about 17,000 stolen objects to Iraq over the years.
[05:37.56]Ebtisam Khalaf, a history teacher
[05:40.72]who was one of the visitors to the museum on its first free day,
[05:45.56]said it was a beautiful event.
[05:48.64]Khalaf liked that visitors were able to
[05:51.80]"see the things that we only used to hear about."
[05:56.48]I'm John Russell.
[05:58.12]And I'm Ashley Thompson.更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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