Costa Rica archaeologists in awe as Brooklyn Museum returns 1,305 artifacts

A detail of a pre-Columbian pot, repatriated from the Brooklyn Museum in New York, U.S., is pictured at the facilities of the Costa Rica's National Museum, in Pavas, Costa Rica July 2, 2021. Picture taken July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - An unfinished tombstone, a large ceramic vase painted with beeswax, human representations and ancient tools to process corn are artifacts of a collection of 1,305 pieces that have been returned to Costa Rica.

It is the second time the Brooklyn Museum in New York City has returned pieces, some older than 2,000 years, to the central American country.