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Switzerland hands over suspected stolen marble sculpture to Libya

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Sculpture is 19 centimetres high and dates from the 1st century BC. It was confiscated during criminal proceedings in 2016 on suspicion that it had come from a looted excavation. The restitution took place within the framework of the law on the international transfer of cultural property.

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Switzerland hands over suspected stolen marble sculpture to Libya

The Federal Office of Culture has handed over the marble sculpture of the head of a young woman to the Libyan Embassy in Bern.

·Bern, Switzerland
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SWI swissinfo.ch broke the news in Bern, Switzerland on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
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