Lebanon returns 337 stolen artefacts to Iraq - in pictures

Ministry of Culture hands over treasures of different eras which had been on display in a Lebanese museum for years

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  Ancient Iraqi artefacts at a handover ceremony of treasures from Lebanon to Iraq, hosted by the Lebanese National Museum in Beirut. EPA

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  Lebanon handed over 337 smuggled Iraqi antiquities that had been stored at the Nabu Museum. AP Photo

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  Lebanon’s Minister of Culture, Mohammed Murtada, said 331 pieces of cuneiform were delivered to Iraq, as well as six other artefacts of disputed origin. AP Photo

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  Mr Murtada said a Lebanese committee had been investigating the items since 2018. AP Photo

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  Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon, Haider Shyaa Al Barrak, said this would not be the last handover. AP Photo

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  Many of Iraq’s antiquities have been looted since the 2003 US-led invasion. AP Photo

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