During the 2003 looting of Iraq’s National Museum some 15,000 priceless objects dating back to ancient Babylon and Mesopotamia were damaged or stolen. Donny George, then director general of the museum, is now a visiting professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His presentation touches on the circumstances that led to the vandalism, and the ongoing looting of archaeological sites in Iraq. Co-sponsored by the University of Missouri – Kansas City Classical and Ancient Studies Program and the Archaeological Institute of America.