Looted Antiquities Worth Over $95M Seized from Met Museum Collection
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Rhea Nayyar
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has had over $95 million worth of looted antiquities seized from its collection, including several ancient sculptures and vessels acquired between 1971 and 2001. The seizures, which occurred in June, involved objects restituted to countries such as Greece, including a 2nd-century BCE faience duck askos flask. The article details the ongoing repatriation efforts and the scale of the Met's collection of looted artifacts.
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· 3 pulledSeveral ancient sculptures and vessels acquired between 1971 and 2001 were among the objects extracted from The Met's collection this June.
Crafted around the 2nd century BCE, this faience fragment of a duck askos (flask with spout) was restituted to Greece from The Met in April 2026.
Value of Looted Objects at Met Museum Tops $95M After New Seizures
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