Iraq Puts on Display Ancient Artifacts Returned by US

Iraq Puts on Display Ancient Artifacts Returned by US
The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet returned to Iraq is displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 7, 2021. Saba Kareem/Reuters
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BAGHDAD—Ancient artifacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 were put on display in Baghdad on Tuesday.

Among the artifacts returned by the United States was a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Sumerian tale believed to be one of the world’s first pieces of literature.