Artifact returns to British Museum after Iran loan

A 2,500-year-old Babylonian artifact sometimes described as the world's first human rights charter was returning to the British Museum Monday after a seven-month loan to Iran.

Hundreds of thousands of people viewed the Cyrus Cylinder while it was on display at Iran's National Museum.

The cylinder caused a spat between the two nations when Iran's government threatened to cut ties with the British Museum if it did not lend the object. A four-month loan was eventually agreed, and extended because the exhibition was so popular....