After 800 years, stolen relics returned
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ISTANBUL: Hundreds of Greek Orthodox faithful yesterday welcomed the return of the remains of two saints 800 years after Crusaders snatched the relics from Constantinople.
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The skeletal remains of 15 Aborigines are being returned home for reburial, nearly 90 years after a Swedish zoologist smuggled them out of Australia for display in a Stockholm museum.
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An 800-year-old merchant ship was raised from the bottom of the South China Sea on Saturday, loaded with artefacts that might confirm the existence of an ancient maritime trade route linking China and the West.
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Two Roman Catholic priests stole millions in offerings and gifts made to their parish as far back as 40 years ago, prosecutors said Thursday.
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The move was part of a long-delayed effort to allow archaeologists to begin studying a wealth of tombs in the area.
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Archaeologists have unearthed a treasure of gold and silver in a Thracian tomb in Bulgaria, calling it a unique find from classical antiquity.
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Dozens of treasures from the Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations will go on display Friday in an exhibition featuring many of the ancient masterpieces recovered in Italy's campaign against illegal trafficking in antiquities.
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Peru celebrated the return Friday of a prized 1,300-year-old embossed gold headdress looted from an ancient tomb nearly 20 years ago.
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Two of the four paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car
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Police in Bangladesh have begun a massive search to recover two rare archaeological artifacts stolen from Dhaka airport, officials said on Monday.
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A valuable collection of Swiss watches is found in France shortly after being stolen from a museum in Switzerland.
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The Italian Culture Ministry and the Princeton University Art Museum signed a deal Tuesday for the return of eight disputed antiquities to Italy Â Rome's latest coup in its efforts to recover treasures it says were looted from the country.
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Tales of corruption, looting  and religious rivalry are swirling around the spot where Buddha  is said to have gained enlightenment in eastern India some  2,500 years ago, sullying one of Buddhism's holiest sites.
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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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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II, seeking to heal rifts with other Christians, yesterday handed over the relics of two Orthodox saints that were brought to Rome from ancient Constantinople centuries ago.
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BamiyanÂs Buddhist relics are again the focus of debate: Is it possible to restore the great Buddhas?
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Police have recovered a revered religious icon that was stolen from a monastery in southern Greece, after an intense five-week investigation, authorities said Saturday.