Finally, the 3,500-year-old Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, which was handed over to the Iraqi embassy by US authorities in September, has been put up on display.
At a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, said, "This day, represent a victory in the face of the desperate attempts of those why try to steal our great history and our ancient civilisation."
As per Hussein, it is one of 17,926 artefacts, which has been recovered by Iraq from the UK, Japan, Italy, the US and the Netherlands in the past year.
BAGHDAD:A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic ofGilgameshthat was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago and.
BAGHDAD:A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic ofGilgameshthat was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago and.
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