Oct 22 2012

Scores of antiquities seized; smugglers arrested

By Basem al-Rilabi Azzaman, October 22, 2012 Iraqi police have confiscated scores of artifacts and arrested two smugglers in the southern Province of Dhiqar. The pieces include statues and coins from different periods of Iraq’s ancient history. “Interior Ministry forces in coordination with the Iraqi army seized 64 archaeological pieces as well as 114 bronze [...]