Smuggled Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Return Home
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Egypt on Monday showed off some of the 619 ancient artifacts smuggled out of the country in the late 1990s and repatriated from London last week.
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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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THE skeletal remains of up to 18 Aborigines, stolen by a Swedish explorer 90 years ago, will be returned to Australia this month in a landmark repatriation agreement.
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, European explorers brought back home gold cloaks of Polynesian chiefs, feather &quot;god heads&quot; and wood temple figures from the islands of the eastern Pacific.
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France is to hand over to Egypt a lock of hair said to belong to the mummy of Ramses II that was put on sale on the Internet last year, French officials said Monday.
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A balancing act deciding what auctions get pulled An eBay auction for a clay tablet was pulled just minutes before it was scheduled to close after authorities flagged it as a 4,000-year-old an endangered cultural object that was illegally smuggled out of Iraq.â¦
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A famous 3,000-year-old bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti is moving to a new home as part of a project to restore Berlin's museums, tourism officials said Tuesday.
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A 4,000-year-old clay tablet authorities suspect was smuggled illegally from Iraq was pulled from eBay just minutes before the close of the online auction, authorities said Tuesday.
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Greece on Monday declared an end to an 11-year dispute with the J.P. Getty Museum on Monday after the U.S. institution agreed to return two ancient artifacts.
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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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Two notebooks confiscated from former South African president Nelson Mandela during his long imprisonment have been returned to him.
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The gilded treasures of King Tutankhamun are on their way back to the United States in what could prove a gold rush for Egypt and big business.
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The Getty Museum in Los Angeles signs a deal in Rome to return 40 priceless artefacts allegedly stolen from Italy.
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Gaza's tunnel smugglers are getting back to business after a forced break during the massive Gaza-Egypt border breach, despite renewed promises from Israel and Egypt to shut down the illegal trade.
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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.
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The United States handed over to Pakistan a unique collection of 2,000-year-old Buddhist artefacts which had been smuggled out of the country two years ago.
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Morocco's capital Rabat is rebuilding its seafront and in so doing uncovering a vast treasure trove of relics, artefacts and ruins.