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For five years, Anna Lee Dozier had no idea she had an ancient Mayan artifact on display at her home.
The Washington, D.C., woman found the ceramic vase in a local thrift store near a U.S. Air Force base, and bought it for $3.99 US ($ 5.48 Cdn).
"In my work, I travel a lot to Mexico, and this item caught my eye because it looked different than the things on the shelf, but it also was recognizably from Mexico," Dozier told As It Happens host Nil Köksal.
"It looked old … but, like, I was thinking a 20- or 30-year-old tourist thing — something someone brought home, you know, from a trip somewhere."
It turns out, it's a 2,000-year-old vase from the heart of ancient Mayan civilization. And thanks to Dozier, it is being repatriated to Mexico. More here.
The Washington, D.C., woman found the ceramic vase in a local thrift store near a U.S. Air Force base, and bought it for $3.99 US ($ 5.48 Cdn).
"In my work, I travel a lot to Mexico, and this item caught my eye because it looked different than the things on the shelf, but it also was recognizably from Mexico," Dozier told As It Happens host Nil Köksal.
"It looked old … but, like, I was thinking a 20- or 30-year-old tourist thing — something someone brought home, you know, from a trip somewhere."
It turns out, it's a 2,000-year-old vase from the heart of ancient Mayan civilization. And thanks to Dozier, it is being repatriated to Mexico. More here.