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Costa Rica archaeologists in awe as Brooklyn Museum returns 1,305 artifacts

03/07/2021 11:11 PM | Click to read full article

An unfinished tombstone, a large ceramic vase painted with beeswax, human representations and ancient tools to process corn are artifacts of a collection of 1,305 pieces that have been returned to Costa Rica.

It is the second time the Brooklyn Museum in New York City has returned pieces, some older than 2,000 years, to the central American country.

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