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The Italian Ministry of Culture announced that the country had received about 60 looted artifacts, valued at more than $20 million, which had been stolen by a number of dealers and brokers, and sold to private collections in the United States.
And the Italian Sky TG 24 channel quoted the local police as saying in a statement: These 60 items represent the looting of Italian archaeological sites by unscrupulous traders, with the aim of obtaining illegal profits, and they were recovered after an important investigative activity, pointing out that these pieces remained For a long time in museums, private homes and foreign galleries without any royalties.
Among the items recovered were a marble head of Athens valued at $3 million, a fresco stolen from Herculaneum, an ancient Roman city near Pompeii and a ceramic cup typical of Greek art.
According to the latest data, during the past year, 74,748 archaeological and excavation assets were recovered, and 1,227 counterfeit works were confiscated.
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