Ancient Buddhist Statue May Be Returned to Japanese Temple after 10-Year Legal Battle
A South Korean temple had claimed it was the rightful owner of the work.
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Smithsonian’s Museum of African Art Begins Process to Repatriate Its Benin Bronzes
In total, the museum said it owns 42 objects from the Kingdom of Benin.
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Antiquities Restorer Charged with Possession of Looted Pieces Worth $32 M.
He was indicted in connection with dealer Subhash Kapoor's trafficking ring.
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U.S. Seeks to Return 10th-Century ‘Masterpiece’ Allegedly Looted from Cambodia
The work reportedly passed through the hands of disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford.
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Berlin Museum Won’t Show Benin Bronzes, Begins to Pursue Return of Artifacts
The recently inaugurated Humboldt Forum will display replicas or leave blank spaces in its display.
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Met Museum To Return Looted Cambodian Sculptures
The decision was made after new research revealed that the artworks had been looted in the late 1970s from the Koh Ker temple complex, an archaeological site in northern Cambodia.
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Politicians and oligarchs who are collecting archeological treasures in Ukraine are not only encouraging illegal excavations, they are using the objects to promote the myth of an advanced ancient…
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Descendant of the Pharaohs
Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's antiquities council, is mounting a campaign to repatriate artistic icons from museums around the world.
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Inside Iraq’s National Museum
A reporter on the scene in Baghdad describes how and why the looting happened.
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Forget 3-D-Printed Cars. Someone Made a 3-D-Printed Cheesecake.
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The Facials the Hollywood Stars Received to Get Oscars Ready
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s One-of-a-Kind Circular Sun House Lists in Arizona
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Ohtani as Potent on the Back Fields as He Is Under the Bright Lights
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