Sparing History During Wartime

Somewhere in Iraq, soldiers playing poker will be instructed how to avoid destroying history, thanks to Colorado State University at Fort Collins and the Department of Defense. Archaeologists at Colorado State teamed up with the military to create cultural-awareness playing cards that display pictures and descriptions of cultural artifacts, monuments, and burial sites in Iraq and Afghanistan. Similar to cards issued to soldiers in 2003 to identify Saddam Hussein and other officials, these

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