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 epic of Gilgamesh is considered one of the most ancient works of literature and originally comes from Iraq. According to the Department of Justice, the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was smuggled into the ...

Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, the 3,600-year-old religious text shows a section of a Sumerian poem from the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Tablet XI of the Poem of Gilgamesh, where the story of the flood is described. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP (Glasg) / Wikimedia Commons One of the most interesting aspects of the discovery ...

The Department of Justice has formally seized a 3600-year-old cuneiform tablet that bears part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world’s oldest works of literature, from the crafts retailer Hobby ...

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 2001), pp. 614-622 (9 pages) This essay traces the history of the several major versions (Old Babylonian, eleven-tablet, and ...

A rare and ancient tablet containing one of the world's oldest works of literature will finally be returned to Iraq. In 2014, Hobby Lobby purchased the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet for over $1.6 million ...

The text includes a section of the epic of Gilgamesh, a poem written at least 4,000 years ago. Officials believe it was illegally looted from Iraq and imported into the United States in 2003.

Middle East Looted Gilgamesh tablet returns to Iraq in formal ceremony 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 ...