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Rare Mexican Pre-Columbian Artifact Intercepted by Customs Officials in Chicago

July 29, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Rare and tiny, a miniature Pre-Columbian artifact was intercepted by Chicago U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers during a routine outbound operation at O’Hare Airport. Measuring only four inches tall and thought to originate from a multi-piece burial scene in an elaborate underground mountainous tomb, this clay figurine of a Nayarit woman embodies the history of an ancient Western Mexico people, dating back to the early first millennium AD. continue reading »