Stolen artifacts being returned to Iraq
From CNN:
Iraqi authorities welcomed back 701 ancient artifacts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The pieces, some up to 5,000 years old, were plundered in the chaotic aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion and eventually seized from traffickers in Syria.
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The article's kind of lame (what do you want, it's CNN) but it's still good news!
Iraqi authorities welcomed back 701 ancient artifacts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The pieces, some up to 5,000 years old, were plundered in the chaotic aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion and eventually seized from traffickers in Syria.
( Read more... )
The article's kind of lame (what do you want, it's CNN) but it's still good news!