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Photos released by the Iraqi Police show some of the artifacts seized, which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The police seized the small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts, officials said, as authorities investigate the possible smuggling of the statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, which is more than 4,000-years old.![Iraqi Antiquities]()
Photos released by the Iraqi Police show some of the artifacts seized, which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The police seized the small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts, officials said, as authorities investigate the possible smuggling of the statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, which is more than 4,000-years old.![Iraqi Policeman Holding Artifact]()
Photos released by the Iraqi Police show some of the artifacts seized, which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The police seized the small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts, officials said, as authorities investigate the possible smuggling of the statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, which is more than 4,000-years old.![Policeman Holding Artifact]()
Photos released by the Iraqi Police show some of the artifacts seized, which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The police seized the small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts, officials said, as authorities investigate the possible smuggling of the statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, which is more than 4,000-years old.![Iraqi Antiquities]()
Photos released by the Iraqi Police show some of the artifacts seized, which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The police seized the small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts, officials said, as authorities investigate the possible smuggling of the statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, which is more than 4,000-years old.![Iraqi Policeman Holding Artifact]()
Photos released by the Iraqi Police show some of the artifacts seized, which were discovered hidden near a shrine, in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. The police seized the small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts, officials said, as authorities investigate the possible smuggling of the statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization, which is more than 4,000-years old.4,000-Year-Old Iraqi Artifacts Rescued
Statues and shards with writing on them dating back to the ancient Sumerian civilization — more than 4,000 years old — were rescued from smugglers in Iraq.
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