PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. Cambodia welcomes the Met's repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil The items repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum …
The return to Cambodia of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said the “historic homecoming of national treasures” followed years of negotiations between Cambodia’s art restitution team, U.S. federal prosecutors in New York, …
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. A statement from Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said the “historic homecoming of national treasures” followed several years …
