American investigators who compiled an inventory over the weekend of the ransacked galleries have concluded that 38 pieces of art are missing from Iraq’s National Museum, not the 170,000 that had been reported stolen or broken. “The inventory, compiled by a military and civilian team headed by Marine Col. Matthew Bogdanos, rejects reports that Iraq’s renowned treasures of civilization – up to 170,000 artifacts – had been lost during the U.S.-led war against Iraq. It also raises questions about why any of the artifacts were reported missing.”