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Asharq Al-Awsat
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US Returns 4,000 Years Old Artifacts to Iraq

The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, stolen from Iraq in 1991 and returned to Iraq after it was seized by the US government (Reuters)

US federal agents on Thursday returned two ancient stone artifacts to representatives of the Iraqi government at the country's consulate in Los Angeles.

Authorities said the artifacts, a fragment of a stone tablet inscribed with cuneiform characters and a hexagonal prism used to teach schoolchildren the cuneiform alphabet, are believed to be about 4,000 years old, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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