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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Reaches Agreement With the Republic of Turkiye to Return Gold and Carnelian Necklace
September 05, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston issued the following news release:

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached an agreement with the Republic of Turkiye to return a gold and carnelian Necklace (1982.413), which was probably looted from a tomb near the village of Kendirlik, Bintepeler in 1976.

The fragmentary necklace is believed to come from the archaeological site of Bintepeler, which consists of over one hundred tumuli, or bu . . .

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