Egyptian doctor gets prison sentence for smuggling hundreds of looted artefacts into the US – The Art Newspaper
An Egyptian former physician has been sentenced to six months in a US federal prison for smuggling ancient artefacts into ...
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Erotic Pompeii mosaic looted by Nazi officer returned to ancient site – The Art Newspaper
A mosaic panel stolen from Pompeii by a German Nazi captain during the second world war has been returned to ...
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Cleveland Museum of Art will return looted Greco-Roman bronze to Turkey – The Art Newspaper
The Cleveland Museum of Art will return a headless Greco-Roman bronze statue that was pillaged from the ancient city of ...
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Netherlands to return 288 items looted in colonial era to Indonesia
The Dutch government said it is returning 288 objects wrongfully taken during the colonial era to Indonesia, including weapons, coins, ...
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U.S. government returns looted sarcophagus to Egypt
As of 2 January, the U.S. government has returned a looted wooden sarcophagus to its rightful home in Egypt. The ...
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US officials return antiquities looted from Iraq Museum in 2003
Investigators in New York have returned seven Mesopotamian and Neo-Babylonian seals to Iraq, nearly 20 years after they were stolen ...
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Ukrainian forces win back Kherson region—but Russia has reportedly looted its art collection
Ukrainian troops entered the strategic city of Kherson on Friday (11 November) to cheers and hugs from local residents. The ...
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The Metropolitan Museum returns two looted artefacts to Nepal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned two sculptures from its collection to the Nepalese government, an announcement that comes ...
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Podcast | The hunt for looted Cambodian heritage; the dark truth of the Marcos family’s extravagance; Ruth Asawa
This week: are stolen Cambodian statues hidden in the world’s great public collections? We discuss Cambodia’s looted heritage with Celia ...
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Cambodia urges UK museums to investigate and return looted treasures allegedly handled by dealer Douglas Latchford
The Cambodian government is calling on the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London to investigate the ...
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