This week, the U.S. government officially returned a fossilized Moroccan crocodile skull to Morocco in a ceremony at the Moroccan Embassy in Washington, DC. The FBI discovered the skull among 7,000 artifacts on a farm in Indiana during a 2014 investigation. It was the FBI’s largest single recovery of cultural property in the bureau’s history, and experts have been working since then to identify the rightful owners of the objects.

The exact origins and age of the crocodile skull are unclear, but this week’s transfer ceremony was part of a larger U.S. commitment to prevent the smuggling of objects that are critical to Morocco’s history and cultural heritage.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency