A sculpture of the head of Assyrian King Sargon II is seen during a ceremony to repatriate more than 60 Iraqi cultural items, which had been smuggled into the US at the Iraqi consulate in Washington, DC.
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Mar 29, 2015 12:46 AM
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9 years ago
<p><strong>Head start: </strong>A sculpture of the head of Assyrian King Sargon II is seen during a ceremony to repatriate more than 60 Iraqi cultural items. These had been smuggled into the US at the Iraqi consulate in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP/NICHOLAS KAMM</p>
The event is organised by the British Indian think-tank 1928 Institute and diaspora membership organisations City Sikhs and the British Punjabi Welfare Association