Chilean Authorities Return 117 Fossils to Morocco

Chilean authorities returned 117 fossils dating back 400 million years to Morocco in a repatriation ceremony at the National Library of Chile in Santiago on Monday. The artifacts had been seized from smugglers by Chilean customs officials.During the handover ceremony, Nelida Pozo Kudo, director of the Chilean National Heritage Service, praised the cooperation between Morocco and Chile. “Chilean customs’ seizure of these Moroccan-origin fossils and their return to the kingdom is a cle