An ancient piece of literature from modern-day Iraq was illegally brought to the United States and must be forfeited, a New York City court ruled today.
A tablet including part of the Epic of Gilgamesh — a tale from the ancient civilization of Sumeria and one of the world's oldest pieces of literature — entered the United States illegally and was then sold, the Department of Justice US Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York said in a release Monday.
