Wed 04 August 2021: Iraq confirmed on Tuesday that the US is returning more than 17,000 ancient items seized and smuggled out of the country following the 2003 invasion, including a 3,500-year-old clay tablet containing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Tens of thousands of antiquities disappeared from Iraq after the 2003 invasion that toppled leader … Continue reading US TO RETURN 17,000 ANCIENT ARTIFACTS LOOTED AND SMUGGLED OUT OF IRAQ AFTER INVASION