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Damage Assessment of the Cultural Heritage of Babylon

UNESCO's Damage Assessment of the Cultural Heritage of Babylon, 2009, was prepared after the site was used as a military base during the Iraq War. As the international body responsible for World Heritage matters, it carries direct institutional authority for the damage it documents. Its strength is a first hand professional assessment commissioned specifically for this purpose. Its limit is that it is the assessing body's own official report, not an independent archaeological study of the wider site or an adjudication of responsibility, which readers should seek elsewhere.

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Reliability tier 2: UNESCO's own first hand professional damage assessment commissioned for that specific purpose, direct institutional authority though not an independent archaeological study or adjudication of responsibility.
Notes
UNESCO's own damage assessment of the cultural heritage of Babylon (2009); the official assessment report, not an independent archaeological study.
Citation
Author
UNESCO
Publisher
UNESCO
Publication Year
2009
URL
https://www.unesco.org/en
Source Type
International body
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Babylon, Cities

This source names Babylon directly: "Assessment of the Cultural Heritage of Babylon, 2009, was prepared after the site was used as a military base during the Iraq War."

Source Damage Assessment of the Cultural Heritage of BabylonUNESCO
Iraq, Countries

This source names Iraq directly: "was used as a military base during the Iraq War."

Source Damage Assessment of the Cultural Heritage of BabylonUNESCO
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
  • Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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