Gilgamesh among ultra-conservative Christians

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At the end of May, US federal authorities confiscated a 3,500-year-old cuneiform tablet from the Museum of the Bible in Washington. They suspect that the object, which recounts the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh, originated from trafficking in antiquities. This case raises the question of the motivations of this important museum, founded by an ultra-conservative family.