Authorities say Hobby Lobby's Gilgamesh tablet is stolen, must go back to Iraq
One of the outcomes of the US-Iraq war was Iraq's national heritage of antiquities getting plundered and sold illegally.[1]<p>The burning of the Library of Alexandria is a potent symbol in Western culture, but the world has repeatedly suffered massive losses of cultural and historical artifacts in the last few decades. The public quickly develops historical amnesia for recent events. Compare, for example, the loss of Brazil's National Museum to a fire two years ago.[2]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/iraq-war-archeology-invasion/555200/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/ir...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/fire-engulfs-brazil-national-museum-rio" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/fire-engulfs-b...</a><p>edited: clarity and link formatting