Iraq says U.S. to return 17,000 ancient artifacts looted after invasion - Reuters

3:53am PDT - August 3rd, 2021    epic - Reuters

The United States is returning more than 17,000 ancient artifacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003, including a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Iraq said on Tuesday.