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U.S. Returns Smuggled 3,600-Year-Old 'Gilgamesh' Tablet To Iraqi Government After Forfeiture By Hobby Lobby
The journey of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet | clay, civilization, history | With #LiteracyDay around the corner, learn more about the journey of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, one of the oldest surviving
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ – DECEMBER 07: The 3,500-year old clay Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, showing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, is displayed at Iraqi Foreign Ministry building after it was handed back to
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