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A bronze bust of a man dating from around the first century CE or late BCE was returned.

Manhattan DA returns 58 antiquities to Italy, including 21 seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Rob Frehse, CNN Nearly 60 antiquities valued at almost $19 million were returned to Italy in a repatriation ceremony, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Some had been seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. “These 58 pieces represent thousands of years of rich history, yet traffickers throughout Italy utilized looters to

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