Florida man declared 4,000-year-old Iraqi tablets as $200 terracotta pieces; wider probe uncovers ancient artefacts, $75,000

US Customs and Border Protection officers in Florida uncovered two ancient Iraqi clay tablets in a shipment from the United Arab Emirates that had been declared as low-value terracotta objects. The tablets were estimated to be about 4,000 years old and worth $75,000. The discovery led to a wider probe into additional ancient artefacts, according to the report.