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Case Summary
The Sidon Bull's Head (Beierwaltes, Steinhardt and Metropolitan Museum of Art)
In the Matter of Items Seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 22, 2017)
Am. Compl. Beierwaltes v. Director General of Antiquities of the Lebanese Republic, No. 1:17-cv-04755 (S.D.N.Y. 2017)
Précis
In December 2017, the New York County District Attorney’s Office returned three ancient statues to Lebanon that had been stolen after their excavation at the Temple of Eshmun in Sidon.
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