Customs agents seized thousands of years-veteran tablets imported by owners of the Christian chain of craft stores and intended for the $800m Museum of the BibleThe owners of the Hobby Lobby,the deeply Christian chain of craft stores that shot to prominence last year following a landmark supreme court ruling that extended devout rights to some corporations, has allegedly become embroiled in a investigation into the attempted importation of ancient antiquities from Iraq.
A federal investigation is under way into the reported shipment of up to 300 small clay tablets, and bearing inscriptions in the cuneiform script,that were being imported from Iraq by the Hobby Lobby corporation. Their final destination was reportedly intended to be the Museum of the Bible, the massive $800m institution that is currently being built in the heart of Washington DC with a scheduled opening in 2017.
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Source: theguardian.com