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Mexico City (apro) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SER) announced the discovery of 279 archaeological assets, including: bone remains, as well as jade and ceramic objects of different cultural and epochal origin.
The Mexican government highlighted the recovery of skeletal remains of infants (800 and 500 B.C.); tripod mortars (2500 B.C.-1521 A.D.); a carved jade mask from the Classic Mesoamerican period (200-1000 A.D.); pottery jars from the Western Mesoamerican cultural area (200 and 800 A.D.); and a two-sided knife from the central highlands of Mexico.
In addition, the authorities mentioned 19 archaeological works (but did not specify them) that were made in different periods and regions of the current national territory and dated between 1200 and 1521 AD.
On August 17, the SRE and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) issued a joint statement saying that INAH experts had given an opinion that these artifacts were part of Mexico’s cultural heritage and must be protected in accordance with the provisions of the National Institute of Antiquities and the Federal Law on Monuments and Archaeological, Artistic and Historical Areas.
According to the results, the United Kingdom was represented by Mexican authorities and Mexican consuls in the US cities of Boston, Las Vegas, Miami, Nogales, Oxnard, Seattle and Tucson, as well as in Germany, Argentina, Canada, Spain and Mexico, who managed to recover the fragments delivered to INAH by the SRE.
“All of these entities have managed to recover personally owned assets, either through actions by local authorities, seizures, stoppages of auctions, or through negotiations with academic institutions and museums that, following engagement by the Mexican government, have agreed to return objects that belonged to their collections,” they detailed in the statement.
These 279 objects join more than 14,000 cultural objects located abroad that have been repatriated through the development and implementation of protocols, legal strategies and advocacy campaigns aimed at achieving the repatriation of these historically significant objects.
Joint Communications. “Mexican Embassies and Consulates Restore 279 Archaeological Assets.”https://t.co/4UGyi6OYkp pic.twitter.com/XHuujnsVJv
— Foreign Affairs (@SRE_mx) August 17, 2024
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