Italy Seeks Legal Return of Seven Louvre Artifacts

Officials of the Italian government overseeing cultural property are seeking the repatriation of a group of seven ancient artifacts held at the Louvre that are believed to have been looted.In a statement to the French outlet Le Monde, the museum’s director, Laurence des Cars, confirmed the group of artifacts are currently being reviewed by researchers for provenance issues saying the Louvre handles such cases with “rigour and lucidity.”The move follows Des Cars’s initial