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Iraqi antiquities

British Museum to Return Antiquities Looted during 2003 Invasion of Iraq

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY: HARRY COCKBURN The British Museum is returning a collection of 5,000-year-old antiquities which had been looted from an ancient site in Iraq shortly after the 2003 US-led invasion and then seized from a dealer in London. The eight objects were confiscated by Scotland Yard during a May 2003 operation, after they were suspected of being looted … Continued

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