Friday, 18 June 2010

US returns 7 sculptures dating from Angkorian period that had been smuggled from Cambodia

Sculpted sandstone artifacts are displayed at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)


Sculpted sandstone artifacts are displayed during a ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)


Cambodian Buddhist monks and officers pray during a ceremony held for artifacts that were returned to Cambodia, at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)


The sculpted sandstones artifacts are on display after they were returned back at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)



Cambodian Minister of Culture Him Chhem, left, prays while holding incense sticks during a Buddhist ceremony held for artifacts that were returned to Cambodia at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian Buddhist monks pray over a sculpted sandstone artifact after it arrived at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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