The carvings - 12 panels measuring five metres (16 feet) wide and two metres tall - date from the reigns of Sargon II (721-705 BC) and his son Sennacherib.
Graft, security issues feed the trade in Iraq’s past
The boom in looted objects from antiquity is a real problem in Iraq, where corruption is prevalent and archaeological sites are poorly protected
Graft, security issues feed trade in Iraq’s past
Do you want to buy a more than 3,000-year-old Sumerian tablet, listed as the property of a gentleman from Sussex in England and passed down as a family heirloom? On liveauctioneers.com, bidding for the "Sumerian clay tablet" starts at 550 pounds ($750). But beware, the ownership history can be harder...
