As the object, a carved spoon, was handed back at a ceremony in Bethlehem, officials said it was the first time the United States had repatriated an antiquity to the Palestinian government. Via NY Times: Jan. 5, 2023 American officials met with representatives of the Palestinian Authority in Bethlehem onThursday and handed back a 2,700-year-old looted item in what officials said was the firsttime the United States had repatriated a stolen relic to the Palestinian government. The object, described as a “cosmetic spoon,” was a tool carved from ivory and dating tobetween 800 and 700 B.C. It was used to
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