A limestone statue depicting the head of the Assyrian King Sargon II, illegally smuggled into the United States. A limestone statue depicting the head of the Assyrian King Sargon II, an eighth century ruler is one of more than 60 Iraqi cultural treasures illegally smuggled into the United States that were returned to the Republic of Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security said in Washington, March 16, 2015, as pictured.

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