The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned a sculpture of a Sumerian man to Iraq after evidence showed it belonged to the country. An antiques dealer was arrested for selling a stolen ancient Egyptian sculpture for €190,000. The Met also returned an ancient copper alloy statue to Iraq, with unclear details on its departure from the country.
The @metmuseum in New York has returned an ancient copper alloy statute to authorities in Iraq. Details on how it left Iraq and why it is now being restituted remain unclear https://t.co/tCjhnOxU64
The Met returns an ancient Sumerian sculpture to Iraq. https://t.co/MMzr18Ms53
How a Danish museum helped the @britishmuseum secure the return of 290 stolen Greek and Roman gems https://t.co/EzHKUwS3KH
An antiques dealer has been arrested for selling a stolen ancient Egyptian sculpture. The artifact was offered by a gallery at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair in 2022 for €190,000 ($202,000). https://t.co/dp0gKYgQHa
On Tuesday, the Met said that it had returned a sculpture to Iraq dated from the third millennium BCE as part its investigation into the origins of artifacts held in its permanent collection. https://t.co/3Ipwia5Ad6
The Metropolitan Museum of Art said Tuesday its enhanced effort to study the provenance of items in its collection had turned up evidence that the statue of a Sumerian man was the property of Iraq. https://t.co/qXWoSoumvY