Peru received 132 pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces recovered from Belgium, the United States, and Switzerland.

The Ministry of Culture of Peru received and verified the repatriation of 132 archaeological pieces from different pre-Hispanic cultures from Belgium, the United States, Switzerland, and Colombia, official sources reported.

In a statement, the ministry detailed that among the recovered items are archaeological pieces of ceramics, textiles, stone objects, metal objects, and bone remains.

From Switzerland , 67 archaeological assets belonging to the Vicús, Recuay, Chimú, Chancay, Lambayeque, Huaura and Inca cultures were repatriated, including ceramic objects (jugs, vessels, sculptures), metal (knives, a mask, a club), textiles (cloths, slings and borders), and lithic elements (sculptures, bowls and projectiles).

"The majority were returned by Swiss citizens voluntarily , while the rest were handed over by the Museum of Art and History in La Neuveville," the report stated.

Meanwhile, 58 items arrived from the United States , including bone remains (skulls and jaws), ceramics (fragments, jugs, vessels, sculptures), textiles (cloths, gauze, and fragments), as well as organic objects (a sword and wooden utensils) and metal objects (a knife and a pair of tweezers).

These pieces belong to various cultures of ancient Peru , such as Lauri, Pativilca, Teatino, Chimú, Chancay, Vicús, Huaura, Chimú-Inca, Ichma, Tiahuanaco and Inca, and were returned thanks to voluntary returns by American citizens.

Five archaeological ceramic pieces, including vases and bottles belonging to the Paracas and Nazca cultures, were returned to Peru from Belgium and returned to the country's Royal Museum of Art and History.

Also a carved wooden vessel, known as a kero, corresponding to the transition period between the pre-Hispanic world and the viceroyalty.

Finally, a fragmented Chimú-style ceramic piece was repatriated from Colombia as part of a voluntary return made by a citizen of that country.

The verification was carried out by specialists from the Recovery Directorate , a line agency of the General Directorate for the Defense of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, in coordination with the General Directorate for Cultural Affairs of the Foreign Ministry.

The Peruvian government concluded the statement by calling on citizens to actively collaborate in the defense and protection of the national cultural heritage and to report any person or entity that illicitly traffics heritage assets.