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US Returns Over 1,400 Looted Artefacts Worth $10 Million To India
As part of an ongoing initiative to repatriate stolen art from countries across South and Southeast Asia, the United States on Wednesday announced that it has returned more than 1,400 looted artefacts worth $10 million to India.
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Sudan Museum's Artefacts Looted In War, Offered For Sale Online
Sudan's priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.
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US Returns Ancient 'Shiva Triad', Other Stolen Artefacts To Cambodia
New York prosecutors said Friday they had returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American dealers and traffickers.
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US Museum Returns Ghana's First Batch Of Looted Gold Regalia
A U.S. museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial soldiers 150 years ago, marking the first major return of stolen artefacts to the West African nation.
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Looted Ancient Egyptian 'Green Coffin' Returned To Cairo By US
The repatriation is part of Egypt's government's efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities.
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In Pics: Germany Returns Over 20 Artefacts Looted In 19th Century To Nigeria
More than a century after being taken by British colonial troops, Germany returned more than 20 looted artefacts to Nigeria on Tuesday in an effort to "right a wrong."
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Watch: Indian Cultural Artefacts Stolen During British Rule Returned By UK
Glasgow held a ceremony on Friday to officially repatriate seven Indian cultural artefacts looted during British colonial rule, calling it a first for a UK museum service.
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Indian-Origin US Businessman Arrested In Mumbai For Allegedly Smuggling Antiques
Police have arrested an American businessman accused of involvement in an international smuggling ring that illegally trades in artefacts believed looted from temples, officers said Wednesday.
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16th Century Shipwrecks Found With Treasures Worth Millions
Scientists have discovered three 16th-century Spanish shipwrecks off the coast of the US, containing looted French artefacts that may now be worth millions of dollars.
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US Returns Iraqi Artefacts Recovered in Syria Raid
The United States returned Wednesday hundreds of Iraqi artefacts its special forces recovered during a raid in Syria against a man described as the Islamic State group's top financier.
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UNESCO Warns of Islamic State Pillaging Iraqi Artefacts
Islamic State jihadists occupying parts of Iraq are destroying age-old heritage sites and looting others to sell valued artefacts on the black market, experts gathered at UNESCO's Paris headquarters warned on Monday.
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Return the treasures Britain looted, Chinese tell David Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron faced demands for the return of priceless artefacts looted from Beijing in the 19th century on Wednesday, the last day of his visit to China.
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US Returns Over 1,400 Looted Artefacts Worth $10 Million To India
As part of an ongoing initiative to repatriate stolen art from countries across South and Southeast Asia, the United States on Wednesday announced that it has returned more than 1,400 looted artefacts worth $10 million to India.
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Sudan Museum's Artefacts Looted In War, Offered For Sale Online
Sudan's priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.
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US Returns Ancient 'Shiva Triad', Other Stolen Artefacts To Cambodia
New York prosecutors said Friday they had returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American dealers and traffickers.
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US Museum Returns Ghana's First Batch Of Looted Gold Regalia
A U.S. museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial soldiers 150 years ago, marking the first major return of stolen artefacts to the West African nation.
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Looted Ancient Egyptian 'Green Coffin' Returned To Cairo By US
The repatriation is part of Egypt's government's efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities.
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In Pics: Germany Returns Over 20 Artefacts Looted In 19th Century To Nigeria
More than a century after being taken by British colonial troops, Germany returned more than 20 looted artefacts to Nigeria on Tuesday in an effort to "right a wrong."
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Watch: Indian Cultural Artefacts Stolen During British Rule Returned By UK
Glasgow held a ceremony on Friday to officially repatriate seven Indian cultural artefacts looted during British colonial rule, calling it a first for a UK museum service.
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Indian-Origin US Businessman Arrested In Mumbai For Allegedly Smuggling Antiques
Police have arrested an American businessman accused of involvement in an international smuggling ring that illegally trades in artefacts believed looted from temples, officers said Wednesday.
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16th Century Shipwrecks Found With Treasures Worth Millions
Scientists have discovered three 16th-century Spanish shipwrecks off the coast of the US, containing looted French artefacts that may now be worth millions of dollars.
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US Returns Iraqi Artefacts Recovered in Syria Raid
The United States returned Wednesday hundreds of Iraqi artefacts its special forces recovered during a raid in Syria against a man described as the Islamic State group's top financier.
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UNESCO Warns of Islamic State Pillaging Iraqi Artefacts
Islamic State jihadists occupying parts of Iraq are destroying age-old heritage sites and looting others to sell valued artefacts on the black market, experts gathered at UNESCO's Paris headquarters warned on Monday.
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Return the treasures Britain looted, Chinese tell David Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron faced demands for the return of priceless artefacts looted from Beijing in the 19th century on Wednesday, the last day of his visit to China.
