Chinese artifacts find way home with US help

The United States has returned 22 cultural artifacts and a dinosaur fossil to China in a move meant to highlight the two countries' cooperation in countering illegal trafficking of archaeological objects.

The artifacts included jade disks, bronze trays and other items that dated to as far back as 1,600 BC, while the dinosaur fossil was estimated to be about 120 million years old, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release.

The agency said the items were recovered in New York, Cleveland and Miami.