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Italy has welcomed home 60 looted artifacts, receiving them from U.S. authorities, who recovered nearly half of the objects from the Met.
New York authorities returned 58 stolen antiquities worth an estimated $19 million to Italy in a ceremony on Tuesday, according to Daily Sabah. Many of the artifacts were on display at the city's Metropolitan Museum of Art for years
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The 21 pieces of artwork from the Met were among 58 pieces, valued at $19 million, that were repatriated at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
NEW YORK - Prosecutors in New York on Tuesday returned dozens of antiquities stolen from Italy and valued at around US$19 million (S$27 million), some of which were found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Some of the pieces were found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art