Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday oversaw the recovery of historical artefacts from the 300-year-old shipwreck of the San Jose galleon. The operation, carried out aboard Colombian Navy vessels, included the extraction of a cannon, a porcelain cup, and ancient coins. Read More: Tragedy in colombia: 10 dead, 11 injured in university field trip bus crash […]
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Lebanon museum unveils artefacts looted during civil war
Lebanon’s national museum on Friday unveiled five ancient sculptures, including a Phoenician bull’s head returned by the United States, that were looted during the civil war. The life-size 4th century BC white marble bull’s head, the star artefact among the works that were all looted in 1981, had been loaned to New York’s Metropolitan Museum […]