How more than 1,000 artifacts were found in a dumpster, then returned to Mexico

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Mallory Yu, Juana Summers

Published August 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT

More than 1,000 pre-Hispanic artifacts are being repatriated to Mexico from the United States thanks to Jeremy Pilver, a licensed archeologist in Connecticut, and his high school students.

Christopher Harland-Dunaway

Mallory Yu

Mallory Yu is an associate producer for All Things Considered.

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Juana Summers

Juana Summers is a host of NPR's All Things Considered.

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