The United States has returned over 60 artifacts to the Colombian government that were seized during a 2005 arrest of art smuggler Ugo Bagnato.

From the Guardian:

For centuries, the dead guarded precious objects in their graves: painted terra cotta dishes, figurines, gold ornaments and other pre-Columbian artifacts.

For the dead, they were offerings and objects for the afterlife, a sign of their prestige.

For looters and an Italian smuggler caught in South Florida, they were prime merchandise.

Now the artefacts are home. Not to their unknown graves, but to their home country, Colombia.