Petra News Agency
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Conference on Iraq's antiquities begins
AMMAN, March 25 (Petra) - A two-day meeting on
the restoration of Iraq's cultural heritage and antiquities started here on
Wednesday.
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Minister of Environment Alia
Hattough-Bouran inaugurated the conference, attended by Iraqi and foreign
officials. The meeting seeks to provide the Iraqi ministry of cultural affairs
and its antiquities department with a data system on the documentation of
archaeological sites.