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Turkey seeks head of statue from Danish museum

The statue of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, who lived from AD 145 to 211, was recently sent back to Turkey — minus the head. (Photo: AFP)

COPENHAGEN: A bronze head of Emperor Septimius Severus on display at a Copenhagen museum has become a bone of contention between the Danish museum and Turkey, which claims it was looted during an archaeological dig in the 1960s and wants it back.

After decades in the United States as part of a private collection that loaned it to New York's Metropolitan Museum, a statue of the Roman emperor, who lived from AD 145 to 211, was recently sent back to Turkey — minus the head.

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