WASHINGTON — It was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago. Now, a 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in the ruins of the library of an ancient Middle Eastern king is finally headed back to Iraq.

BAGHDAD (AP) — A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago and recently recovered from the United ...

Some of the artifacts, according to Ahmad al-Alyawi, the ministry's spokesperson, are "very rare and priceless," including ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — A 3,500-year-old clay ...

Iraq has retrieved over 40,000 stolen artefacts smuggled abroad since 2003, in a major effort to reclaim its looted cultural ...

An ancient tablet containing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was taken from Iraq and sold to Hobby Lobby under false pretenses was returned to that country Thursday. The arts and crafts chain ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet purchased by the Hobby Lobby arts and crafts chain for $1.6 million has been forfeited to the United States. The tablet, which bears a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq has retrieved over 40,000 stolen ancient artifacts smuggled outside of the country in the past ...