According to the DOJ, the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was smuggled into the US and then auctioned off. The ancient tablet had been bought by Oklahoma-based arts and craft superstore Hobby Lobby. See more ...

A U.S. District Court in New York has ordered the craft chain Hobby Lobby to forfeit the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, a rare cuneiform text from ancient Mesopotamia that was smuggled into the country from ...

The Department of Justice on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of a tablet containing a portion of the "Epic of Gilgamesh," one of the oldest known works of literature. The forfeiture is part of an ...

The tablet contains a portion of the Gilgamesh epic, a Sumerian epic poem written in cuneiform. It is considered one of the world’s oldest works of epic literature. “Whenever looted cultural property ...

Federal prosecutors say a 3,500-year-old, encrusted cuneiform tablet known as the "Gilgamesh Dream Tablet" that was purchased at auction by Hobby Lobby is stolen and must be returned to Iraq.

BAGHDAD (AP) — A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago and recently recovered from the United ...

The Justice Department on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of an ancient tablet containing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh from craft stores giant Hobby Lobby, which the DOJ said purchased the tablet ...

Federal authorities on Tuesday announced the forfeiture of a 3,500-year-old clay tablet containing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian poem considered one of the oldest pieces of literature, to ...