The United States has returned 77 looted antiquities to Yemen, including 64 relief carved stone heads, 11 Quran manuscript pages, a bronze inscribed bowl, and a funerary stele. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The United States has returned 77 looted antiquities to Yemen, US authorities said Tuesday, adding the objects would be housed “temporarily” in a museum in Washington in line with an agreement with the war-torn country’s government.
The announcement was made jointly by the prosecutor’s office, the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and the Smithsonian Institution, which includes nearly 20 museums in the US. Between 2020 and 2021, at least 700 pieces were returned to 14 countries, including Cambodia, Egypt, Greece, India, Iraq, Italy and Pakistan.
“I also affirm my substantial appreciation to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art for agreeing to temporarily hold these antiquities until they are fully repatriated back to Yemen in the future,” Mr Al-Hadhrami said.
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