Switzerland repatriates Hellenistic artifact to Libya
Bern, 5.12.2023 - The Director of the Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Carine Bachmann, handed over a marble sculpture of a young woman’s head at the Libyan Embassy in Bern today. This culturally significant archaeological find had been confiscated during criminal proceedings in the canton of Geneva. The repatriation of the artifact took place in accordance with the Federal Act on the International Transfer of Cultural Property.