BUSY WEEKEND: family and social stuff, plus I have twenty-some essays from my Old Testament class to get started on, and the lawn kind of needs to be mowed. But I'll try to slip in a little blogging. The war seems to be winding down and I hope there will be no more major upheavals worth blogging on. I will still try to note interesting stories, but not with the same vigor as in the last week. Francis Deblauwe and Nicholas Postgate also have websites that are keeping track of media coverage of Iraq's antiquities. (Links via the wesite of Ralph W. Klein).

Meanwhile, here are some recent Iraq pieces:

"Why a Museum?"(Opinion Journal via Tim Blair)

"The history of Ur"(Christian Science Monitor)

"Taking Stock in Baghdad" (Archaeology Magazine)

"Iraq back on the tourist map" (London Times; requires paid registration outside the U.K.)

"The new dark age" (the Guardian)

"Editorial: Iraq's rebirth at biblical Ur" (The Globe and Mail)

"Pennsylvania archaeologists to help Iraq museum" (the Mercury News)