Italy welcomes the return of trafficked artifacts worth $65M from the US
Italy is celebrating the return from the United States of 600 antiquities, including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts, worth a total of $65 million. Italy has been working for decades to recover antiquities that have been plundered or stolen from its territory by tomb robbers and, in many cases, sold to merchants. […]
Ancient shipwrecks, artifacts dating as early as 3000 BC uncovered by underwater researchers
European researchers have recently discovered several ancient shipwrecks in Greek waters, some of which are thousands of years old. The shipwreck was discovered in waters around the island of Kasos, the Greek Ministry of Culture, the government department responsible for preserving Greece’s cultural heritage and promoting the arts, announced on March 13. The study was […]
FBI returns 22 artifacts looted after Battle of Okinawa to Japan following Massachusetts family’s discovery
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British brothers jailed for stealing Ming Dynasty artifacts from Swiss museum
Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing millions of dollars worth of Chinese Ming dynasty artefacts. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup, valued at about $3.8 million, were stolen from the Far Eastern Museum in Geneva in 2019. The Metropolitan Police and […]