But the opening came as ISIS militants destroyed ancient statues in the Iraqi city of Mosul. The national museum in Baghdad reopened Saturday, 12 years after thousands of antiquities were plundered during the early days of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. View this image › REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily Museum officials said almost 15,000 pieces were looted in 2003, according to Agence France-Presse. Officials have been able to recover 4,300 works, but are continuing efforts to track down the remaining antiquities. “We are still tracking down more than 10,000 […]

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