] BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 30 %u2014 Even though many
] irreplaceable antiquities were looted from the National
] Museum of Iraq during the chaotic fall of Baghdad last
] month, museum officials and American investigators now
] say the losses seem to be less severe than originally
] thought.
]
] Col. Matthew F. Bogdanos, a Marine reservist who is
] investigating the looting and is stationed at the museum,
] said museum officials had given him a list of 29
] artifacts that were definitely missing. But since then, 4
] items %u2014 ivory objects from the eighth century B.C.
] %u2014 had been traced.