A worker shows a vessel, one of 343 pre-Hispanic-era archaeological pieces repatriated from the Netherlands to Panama in response to a drive in the Central American country to protect its cultural heritage, to Panama's Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes in Panama City, Panama, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on August 30, 2022. Panama Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
The Netherlands has returned a collection of 343 pre-Hispanic era ceramics to Panama in response to a drive in the Central American country to protect its cultural heritage, authorities in Panama City said on Monday.
"This is the largest repatriation of archaeological pieces in the history of Central America," Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes in a government statement.
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