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Hellenistic period
Swiss authorities return 2,000-year-old marble head of young woman from the Hellenistic period to Libya
Swiss authorities have repatriated a significant archaeological artifact, a 2,000-year-old marble head of a young woman from the Hellenistic period, discovered a decade ago in a Geneva warehouse to Libya. Described as an “archaeological vestige of great value,” the 19-centimeter-high sculpture is considered an “exceptional testimony to Hellenistic expansion in North Africa.” Believed to originate…
