27 artifacts have been seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Over two dozen artifacts were seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and investigators believe they could have been looted from their countries of origin.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office used three separate search warrants to seize 27 items from the museum.Of the artifacts seized 21 of them will be returned to Italy and six will head back to Egypt. This is part of a larger investigation from the Manhattan DA which has already recovered nearly stolen 2,000 artifacts.
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