Dozens of artifacts believed to have been stolen were seized from the Met.
-- Dozens of ancient artifacts investigators believe were looted have been seized from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
"We have two repatriation ceremonies next week, one with Italy and one with Egypt," a spokesperson said."Fifty-eight objects will go back to Italy, 21 from the Met. Sixteen to Egypt, six from the Met." "It should be no secret to collectors, art museums and auction houses that they may be in possession of pieces from known traffickers that were illegally looted," Bragg said."The investigations conducted by my office have clearly exposed these networks and put into the public domain a wealth of information the art world can proactively use to return antiquities to where they rightfully belong.
The effort to return cultural artifacts to their home countries after being illegally sold to private collectors or museums has been ongoing. In August, New York officials returned 30 antiquities to Cambodia, including a 10th-century Khmer sculptural"masterpiece."
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