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Concluding an investigation which began with a dawn search of White’s Upper East Side apartment in June 2021, Bragg said 89 antiquities with a value of $69m and originating from 10 different countries had been seized. (English)
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Two ancient stone sculptures, a Mesopotamian limestone elephant and a Sumerian alabaster bull, will be returned to Iraq, Bragg's office announced last week. The objects were stolen from Iraq during the Gulf War (1990-91) and smuggled to New York. They are valued at $275,000 in total and hail from the ancient kingdom of Uruk (or present-day Warka), one of the world’s oldest known civilisations. A repatriation ceremony was held at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, DC.Authorities seized the bull figurine from Shelby White, the investor, art collector and board member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (English)
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- enwiki Shelby White