STEVE INSKEEP, host: Cultural officials in Italy say some of their cultural heritage has been      looted and they want it back.  Right now some disputed treasures are on      display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and Italians      are trying to find a way to get back a 5th century vase.  The Italians      say this vase was taken from an Etruscan tomb north of Rome.  New York      museum officials have said they want to resist returning artifacts that      are on public display, so the Italians are proposing a swap.  Italian      officials say they will replace the vase with artwork of similar value in      a long-term loan.  This is a new strategy that Italy may use in talks      with other US museums that they say have illegal antiquities in their      collections.
Italian authorities say they have documents that prove that antiquities in possession of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art may have been looted.