CitizenVectron Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Yes, you read that correctly: Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of Epic of Gilgamesh Forfeited WWW.JUSTICE.GOV The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the forfeiture of a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian poem considered one of the 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Apparently Hobby Lobby has illegally smuggled in thousands of ancient artifacts into the US, and this is only the most recent case against them: Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Several shipments of the artifacts were seized by US customs agents in 2011, triggering a years-long struggle between Hobby Lobby and the federal government that culminated in a 2017 civil forfeiture case United States of America v. Approximately Four Hundred Fifty Ancient Cuneiform Tablets and Approximately Three Thousand Ancient Clay Bullae. As a result of the case, Hobby Lobby agreed to return the artifacts and pay a fine of US$3,000,000. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returned 3,800 items seized from Hobby Lobby to Iraq in May 2018.[2] In March 2020 the Hobby Lobby president agreed to return 11,500 items to Egypt and Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Many of these relics were procured from middlemen who potentially obtained them from the freakin' Islamic State who looted them from Iraqi museums in areas they took over such as Mosul. In other words, the evangelical Christian-aligned Hobby Lobby could very well have had dealings -- however indirectly -- with the Islamist jihadists of the Islamic State. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Many of these relics were procured from middlemen who potentially obtained them from the freakin' Islamic State who looted them from Iraqi museums in areas they took over such as Mosul. In other words, the evangelical Christian-aligned Hobby Lobby could very well have had dealings -- however indirectly -- with the Islamist jihadists of the Islamic State. "If irony were made of strawberries, we'd all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now, Tom." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Yeah, this has been known for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Many of these relics were procured from middlemen who potentially obtained them from the freakin' Islamic State who looted them from Iraqi museums in areas they took over such as Mosul. In other words, the evangelical Christian-aligned Hobby Lobby could very well have had dealings -- however indirectly -- with the Islamist jihadists of the Islamic State. No no, let's do the Fox News version of this. HOBBY LOBBY FUNDS ISIS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 In regard to the actual epic itself, it kinda goes downhill when the sidekick character (Enkidu) is introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 That's a hell of a hobby.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Now I want to dress up like Indiana Jones, go to a Hobby Lobby, and start whipping things off the shelves while yelling “that belongs in a museum!” 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 Just now, TheLeon said: Now I want to dress up like Indiana Jones, go to a Hobby Lobby, and start whipping things off the shelves while yelling “that belongs in a museum!” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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