Peru authorities crack down on smuggling of antiquities, return ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets to Iraq

Peruvian authorities and the Andean country’s National Culture Institute, INC, have been leading a campaign to stamp out the trade in antiquities illegally smuggled from Peru, reporting the seizure of more than 1,200 cultural and national heritage artifacts in 2008. “Last year, we stopped 1,235 cultural objects from being smuggled out of Peru,” said the [...]