Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth US$8.5 million bound for black market

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Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artifacts worth 8 million euros (US$8.5 million) intended for sale on the black market.

A visitor looks a display of Etruscan items at Southern Methodist University's Meadows Museum in Dallas, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artifacts worth 8 million euros intended for sale on the black market.

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