Cambodia's culture minister says the Metropolitan Museum of Art's return of 14 looted sculptures is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors.

Cambodia’s national museum has come a long way since it was closed and neglected during the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.

Museum staff members prepare an artifact returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

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The historic National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh is being refilled with the nation’s looted riches. Christopher Cameron In February, Cambodia’s lost crown jewels were repatriated.

Cambodia’s culture minister says the Metropolitan Museum of Art's return of 14 looted sculptures is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors.

The items repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Ar t arrived Wednesday and were displayed to journalists and VIPs on Thursday at the National Museum in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

The return of 14 sculptures looted from Cambodia during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, says Cambodia’s culture minister.

Cambodian museum staff members place an artifact statue as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4 ...