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CLINTON, Md. (WKRC) — A woman didn't know the vase she purchased at a thrift shop for $3.99 was a Mayan artifact. When she found out, she sent it back to the descendants of the ancient civilization.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Just three days after she was caught at a Guatemalan airport trying to smuggle two 1,000-year-old Mayan relics out of the country, officials say, a U.S. woman has been caught ...