US Hands Over 297 Antiquities To India During PM’s Visit. Details Here.
Some surviving busts depict a two-armed male deity wearing an ornamental headdress. The United States handed over 297 ancient artifacts to India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country. These antiquities were smuggled out of the country and then retrieved. Cultural smuggling is a long-standing problem that has affected many cultures and countries […]
NY authorities investigating antiquities stolen from Turkey seize bronze bust from Massachusetts museum
A bronze bust purportedly depicting the daughter of an ancient Roman emperor has been seized from a Massachusetts museum by New York authorities investigating antiquities stolen from Turkey. The seizure is the latest in an ongoing investigation into a smuggling network involving goods looted from Bubon in southwestern Turkey and trafficked through Manhattan. A spokeswoman […]
Ancient Israeli antiquities ‘stranded’ at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago: Report
Classified documents may not be the only valuables dumped at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. An ancient ceramic oil lamp owned by the Israeli government was hidden on the Palm Beach grounds for years despite efforts by the Jewish state to retrieve it. According to Israeli newspapers, the lamps were sent to the United States […]
