Sale of Egyptian Statue By English Museum Draws Criticism
An English museum has sold off an ancient Egyptian statue, drawing criticism from some who said it should have been returned to Egypt.
View ArticleEnglish Museum Loses Accreditation for Selling Ancient Egyptian Statue
A small English museum lost its accreditation Friday when a British organization that oversees such matters found fault with its decision to sell an ancient Egyptian statue.
View ArticleAssyrian Artifacts to Be Returned to Iraq
American officials plan to return about 65 objects, seized during smuggling invesigations, to the Iraqi government on Monday.
View ArticleThe Gardner Masterpieces, Still Missing, But Visible Again Online
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston has created a virtual tour online that details the 13 works stolen from the museum in 1990.
View ArticleBritain Acts to Block Removal of Egyptian Statue
British authorities have temporarily blocked the removal from England of an ancient Egyptian statue that was sold by a museum to raise money.
View ArticleCleveland Museum Returns Ancient Statue to Cambodia
The Cleveland Museum of Art has returned a statue after agreeing that there is evidence it may have been looted from a jungle temple decades ago.
View ArticleMissing 13th-Century Painting to be Returned to Owners in Court Settlement
After accusations of theft, and a court settlement, an Italian painting that went missing in 1986 will be returned to its owners.
View ArticleGardner Museum Offers New Reward for Item Taken in 1990 Heist
In an effort to find a new lead in the case, officials at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston have offered a $100,000 reward for a Napoleonic finial that is probably worth only a tenth of...
View ArticleSmithsonian Displays Ancient Artwork From City Threatened by ISIS
The Smithsonian, seeking to draw attention to the potential destruction of antiquities in Syria, is putting a funerary bust from Palmyra on display.
View ArticleCollector Gives Back Ancient Indian Statue Said to Have Been Stolen From Temple
Federal officials on Wednesday announced that they had recovered a valuable, 11th-century Indian antiquity that had been looted from a temple and sold to an unwitting New York collector.
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