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Swiss authorities return 2,000-year-old marble head of young woman from the Hellenistic period to Libya

Swiss authorities have repatriated a significant archaeological artifact, a 2,000-year-old marble head of a young woman from the Hellenistic period, discovered a decade ago in a Geneva warehouse to Libya.

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Switzerland Repatriates Cyrene Sculpture to Libya - Archaeology Magazine

Switzerland Repatriates Cyrene Sculpture to Libya - Archaeology Magazine
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Switzerland returns marble head around 2,000 years old to Libya

Swiss federal authorities indicated on Tuesday that they had returned to Libya a marble head of a young woman from the Hellenistic period, around 2,000 years old, discovered ten years ago in a warehouse in Geneva.

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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.

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Switzerland returns 2,000-year-old Libyan sculpture

Libya and Switzerland are both party to a 1970 Unesco treaty that seeks to prevent the illegal trade of cultural property.

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