A 3,500-year-old clay tablet that bears the text of one of the world’s oldest works of literature and was purchased by Hobby Lobby in 2014 for $1.6 million has been forfeited to the United ...

Danish historians say evidence of the first mouth-to-mouth smooch can be found on a clay tablet unearthed in the Middle East, upending academic theory about which culture kissed first. Until ...

The Kish tablet, a humble clay slab, marks a key moment in the journey of writing. The tablet is the oldest written document we have, the dawn of recorded history as we know it.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York has approved the forfeiture of a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh. The tablet was looted from Iraq and sold for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in the ruins of the library of an ancient Mesopotamian king, then looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago, is finally headed back to ...

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A 3,500-year-old clay tablet that bears “Epic of Gilgamesh” and was purchased by Hobby Lobby for $1.6 million has been forfeited to the United States.