Guatemala Recovers 61 Cultural Artifacts that Were in the Possession of an Individual in Mexico

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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's Ministry of Culture and Sports announced Wednesday that it repatriated 61 pieces of Guatemalan cultural heritage that were in the possession of a private individual in Mexico.

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The lot composed of 29 whole pieces and pre-Hispanic fragments was recovered from a private collection in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement.

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The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture and Sports reported on the repatriation of 61 Guatemalan cultural property that was in Guanajuato, Mexico. The pieces were voluntarily delivered by a Guatemalan citizen residing in that country. According to the official statement, the pieces returned to Guatemala on November 4, after a joint work between the two portfolios and with the support of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (I…

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Guatemala recovered 29 Mayan archaeological pieces of clay and ceramics that were in a private collection in Mexico, the Guatemalan government reported this Wednesday.With a vast wealth of archaeological sites, Guatemala is considered the cradle of the Maya, a civilization that expanded to Honduras, El Salvador, Belize and southern Mexico.You may be interestedArte e IdeasASF detects deficiencies in the registration and restoration of heritage in…