Showing posts with label Smuggled antiquities. Show all posts
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Monday, July 30, 2007

US return a sandstone Apsara sculpture back to Cambodia

U.S. Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli, left, hands over a piece of sandstone Apsara dancer to Him Chhem, right, Cambodian Acting Minister of Culture and Fine Arts during a handing over ceremony at National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 30, 2007. The U.S. government handed over to Cambodia Monday the head of an Angkor-era sculpture that had been stolen and smuggled from the Southeast Asian country long time ago. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian archeologist measures a piece of sandstone Apsara dancer from the 12th century at National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 30, 2007. The U.S. government handed over to Cambodia Monday the head of an Angkor-era sculpture that had been stolen and smuggled from the Southeast Asian country long time ago. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)