Mexico has recovered 2,522 pre-Hispanic objects from a family in Barcelona (Spain), the left-wing government announced on Tuesday, which has made the recovery of national heritage scattered abroad the main axis of its cultural policy.
The collection, of 1,371 complete objects and fragments, will be exhibited from this Tuesday at the Templo Mayor museum in the Historic Center of Mexico City, under the supervision of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), the armed wing of the politics of heritage conservation. .
“This is the largest restitution of archaeological pieces by individuals,” said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
Carved stone figures, arrowheads and vases are part of the collection.
“Very important and interesting pieces”
“The moment we received these boxes containing the archaeological pieces and we began to understand the type of objects that were there, we were very excited because they are very important and interesting pieces,” said the director of the Templo Mayor museum, Patricia Ledezma.
The López Obrador government has recovered 8,970 pre-Hispanic objects since taking office in December 2018, according to Minister Ebrard.
Mexico regularly opposes the auction of objects from the Mesoamerican cultures that occupied its territory, from the Olmecs to the Aztecs and the Mayans. The current government considers that this heritage has been illegally removed from the country since the 19th century.
Source: BFM TV
