
On February 25, Mexico returned an allegedly ancient Ife sculpture to Nigeria

On February 25, Mexico returned an allegedly ancient Ife sculpture to Nigeria

The bronze sculpture from the Yoruba people was seized in Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport

The coins are made of copper and belong to pre-Columbian cultures in Michoacán and Guerrero

The three archeological pieces belong to different times and Mesoamerican cultures

Last September, French auction house Millon sold over 100 pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico's cultural heritage despite Mexico’s efforts to recover them

Located in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatán, X’baatún zealously guards a 37-meter-high pyramid, a ball game, a cenote and several structures