Mexico Puts Recovered Antiquities on Display EFE
go to original October 28, 2013

"Tlaloc, Dios de la lluvia" (Tlaloc, God of Rain), one of the pieces in an exhibition at Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology that features recovered antiquities. (EFE)

MEXICO CITY - Thousands of Mexican antiquities are scattered around the world, with illegally obtained archaeological items rarely being returned to Mexico.

There are exceptions, such as occurred in August, when a U.S. museum returned three stolen pieces to Mexico.

The pieces are included in an exhibition that opened last week at the National Museum of Anthropology.

The three pieces are "Cabeza de serpiente" (Serpent's Head), a basalt sculpture from the Early Post-Classic Period (900-1200); "Tlaloc, Dios de la lluvia" (Tlaloc, God of Rain), completed between 200 and 900; and a stele made from basalt rock on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

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