TOM MASHBERG | The Seattle Times

In an undated image provided via Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, a bronze mask of Silenus, circa 2nd Century. On Monday, April 19, 2021, 33 of antiquities, valued at $1.8 million, were handed over to the Afghan ambassador, Roya Rahmani, by the Manhattan district attorney’s office and the Department of Homeland Security, at a ceremony in New York. (via Manhattan District Attorney’s Office via The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. —

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