Numbers and Writing
This Sumerian clay tablet from ancient southern Mesopotamia shows a tally of sheep and goats using incised cuneiform characters.
Denise Schmandt-Besserat made the great disc...
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A 4,000-year-old clay tablet authorities suspect was smuggled illegally from Iraq was pulled from eBay just minutes before the close of the online auction, authorities said Tuesday.Criminal proceed...
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An antique dealer was sentenced Friday to nearly five years in prison for working with his parents to create sophisticated fakes of statues, paintings and other works and passing them off as pricel...
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A man whose family forged statues and paintings and then passed them off as priceless pieces of art to museums including the Art Institute of Chicago received a two-year suspended sentence Monday.G...
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Numbers and Writing
Swiss, eBay stop sale of Iraqi treasure
