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Ancient Apulian treasures to be returned to Italy
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Switzerland is returning 4,400 ancient artifacts stolen fromarchaeological sites in Italy, including ceramics, figurines and bronze
daggers dating as far back as 2,000 B.C., prosecutors said Thursday.
[Left - Apulian ceramics, similar to this one depicting Perseus battling a sea monster, are among the grave goods seized in a 2001 raid on a Basel art dealer. Photo by Mary Harrsch]
The transfer will require three tractor-trailers and all but end a seven-year legal battle over the antiquities.
They
were seized in 2001 in storage rooms belonging to two Basel-based art
dealers after a...
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