Edouard Planche, program specialist in the Cultural Heritage Protection Treaties Section of UNESCO's Culture Sector, has kindly agreed to allow me to repost the comment he made on Derek Fincham's Illicit Cultural Property blog, regarding actions that UNESCO is taking in Egypt:
Repatriation: the “Epic of Gilgamesh Dream Tablet” in Iraqi National Museum
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The infamous Epic of Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was formally handed back to
Iraq by the United States of America at a ceremony in April 2022 at the
Smithson...
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