30 artefacts en route to Cambodia from the US

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Thirty more Cambodian artefacts will be returned to the Kingdom from the United States on August 8 after several lawsuits were settled in US courts. This comes after 27 cultural treasures were returned by the US on July 13.

 

Hab Touch, secretary of state at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, said yesterday that some of the artefacts were confiscated by US authorities from private collectors which required lengthy court proceedings, delaying repatriation, but eventually the Cambodian and American sides agreed on an official handover ceremony in New York, USA on August 8.

 

“The Cambodian people are very happy that our ancestral souls are back,” he said. “The Cambodian cultural treasures that will be returned to Cambodia are from different sources and styles. Some are made of sandstone and others made of bronze, while some are from the pre-Angkorian period, some the Angkorian period and others from the post-Angkorian period.

 

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