Iraqi Police Seize Artifacts on Tuesday Amid Smuggling Fears

BAGHDAD.- Iraqi police on Tuesday seized a small cache of ancient statues and other artifacts in the south of the country that officials said were set to be smuggled abroad and sold. Iraq, home to relics of the world’s most ancient urban civilizations, has had its priceless heritage plundered and sold to collectors abroad in the chaotic years since the U.S.-led invasion. The 39 artifacts were discovered stashed in a hole near a shrine outside the southern city of Nasiriyah, [...]