The items which date back to the 9th century BC include works belonging to the periods of the Etruscan civilisation and Imperial Rome
A specialist unit of Italy’s carabinieri police said the return of the items, which were brought and sold by an international network of artefact smugglers, was due to the cooperation between Italian and U.S. judicial authorities.The items which date back to the 9th century BC, include works belonging to the periods of the Etruscan civilisation, Magna Graecia and Imperial Rome.
As a result bankruptcy proceedings against an antiquities dealer 145 pieces were recovered and a further 65 artefacts came from the Menil Collection museum in the US city of Houston. The spokesperson said: “The Menil Collection declined these works from the collector and they have never been part of the museum’s collection.”
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