2023-08-30 08:00:00
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LETTER FROM JERUSALEM. For three months, Israeli individuals were invited to return the old objects they could hold at home, and thus get out of illegality.
From our correspondent in Jerusalem, Danièle Kriegel The amnesty campaign for antiquities owners has met with great success in Israel. © IAA Published on 08/30/2023 at 08:00
In Israel, officials from the Antiquities Authority still can’t believe it. The amnesty campaign, open from early May to late June this year, for the public to return illegally held antiquities, has been a huge success. Thousands of artifacts, often very old, have been handed over to official archaeologists.
Beyond ancient coins or mosaic tesserae discovered during walks on hills or in fields, it turns out that individuals held real archaeological treasures. Like this inhabitant of the center of the country. After the death of his father – a former officer – he decides to put his affairs in order. It is there that he comes across two huge boxes containing many old objects, which he will put in his…
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