Italy back two thousand years the statue of Libya

The ancient artifact has been illegally exported from Libya in 1960

head of Domitilla. Start I to. n. e.
Source: artdaily.com

Libya Italy returned the sculpture's head, which was part of two thousand statues, illegally exported from Africa in the 1960s.

Prime Minister Mario Monti (Mario Monti) gave a sculpture of Domitilla Minor, daughter of Roman Emperor Vespasian, the Libyan authorities during his visit to Tripoli last Saturday. It was the first visit of Prime Minister of Italy in Libya since the overthrow of the government of Muammar Gaddafi.

sculpture dug black archaeologists in the 1960s in Sabrata in northwestern Libya, and recently was sold to an artifact Auction Christie's.

Sources : artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru

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