Stolen artifacts returned to Greece
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A stolen collection of about 100 artifacts dating back more than 7,000 years Â including what appear to be very early human portraits Â were displayed in Greece Tuesday, for the first time since being smuggled to Germany.
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Italy and the Princeton University Art Museum have reached a deal to return some artifacts Rome says were smuggled out of the country, the latest chapter in Italy's campaign to crack down on the illegal antiquities market.
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After nearly a year of negotiations, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has agreed in principle to return a rare fourth-century B.C. gold funerary wreath to Greece that cultural officials there contend was ...Comment
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ATHENS -- Many of Greece's most valued ancient statues are wearing chains and padded vests, ready for a rare outing.
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A state archivist was charged Monday with stealing hundreds of artifacts Â documents representing "the heritage of all Americans," according to the history buff who found some of them on eBay Â to pay his household bills.
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A gold mask dating back more than 1,000 years to a pre-Inca civilization in northern Peru will be returned home next year after being turned in to police by a collector in Italy, a museum official said on Friday.
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An Ethiopian national treasure, the  ancient Axum Obelisk that was plundered by Italian fascist  invaders in 1937, will be returned by Rome in April, Italy's  Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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An Ethiopian national treasure, the ancient Axum Obelisk that was plundered by Italian fascist invaders in 1937, will be returned by Rome in April, Italy's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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Brazil police recovered the paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from Brazil's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday.
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A 700-year-old icon that had been stolen in August was returned Sunday to a monastery in southern Greece in a ceremony attended by hundreds of worshippers.
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An Italian Renaissance painting stolen a year ago in Cyprus, possibly a Titian, has been recovered in Bulgaria in a police raid, media reported.
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A sketchbook believed to have been Vincent van Gogh's containing portraits similar to those in his most famous works has been found in Greece, its owner said on Wednesday.
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A 4,000-year-old clay tablet suspected of being smuggled illegally from Iraq is pulled from the online auctioneer's site
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A Marine who brought home souvenirs from Iraq has turned them over to authorities after learning they were looted from an archaeological site.
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Thieves steal thousands of pounds worth of ceramics from a museum - just one month after a previous theft.
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The National Archaeological Museum, Greece's main showcase of ancient antiquity, is reopening with an exhibit of rare murals after repairing damage to the building caused by a 1999 earthquake.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum announced Monday that it would return to Greece an ancient gold wreath and a marble bust that Greece claims were illegally spirited out of the country.