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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the return of 16 ancient artifacts to Cambodia and Thailand. Returning the stolen artifacts: In a press release, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum noted that 14 artworks linked to Douglas Latchford, a British antiquities dealer and prominent scholar of Khmer art, will be returned to Cambodia, while two others will be repatriated to Thailand.
Six of the eight allegedly looted objects were donated to the museum by Emma C. Bunker, an associate of smuggler Douglas Latchford
Representatives from Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam sent letters to the Denver Art Museum, via U.S. investigators, in May and June, saying the prized relics had no legal export permits to lawfully leave their countries.
Pancham Dham Trust begins the 6th Pancham Dham Yatra. The 5-day long journey began on May 29, 2023 and will be concluding on June 2, 2023.
