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Italy returns ancient Iraqi artefacts seized from illegal traffickers
The ancient artefacts, which include four terracotta cones and a cuneiform tablet, were presented at a ceremony in Rome attended by police officials and Iraq’s ambassador to Italy.
Row erupts over new German court for Nazi-looted art
The German government has approved a new system to make it easier to return Nazi-looted art to their rightful owners.
Nazi-looted painting back with heirs of Jewish owner
The artwork by German landscape painter Carl Blechen was seized by the Gestapo in 1942 and set to appear in Hitler’s Fürhermuseum.
Ancient stolen artefacts return to Cyprus after decades abroad
The artefacts' repatriation marks the end of decades-long legal battles and efforts to recover the nation's cultural heritage.
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Oxford University to return 500-year-old sculpture to India
The planned repatriation comes amid a push by foreign governments seeking to reclaim precious antiquities looted or acquired by questionable means during the heyday of the British Empire.
Tomb raiders: US vows more returns of looted antiquities to Italy
The latest presentation of looted goods in Rome is the fruits of Italy’s decades-old effort to recover antiquities stolen from its territory by tomb raiders.
British Museum recovers 268 more missing artefacts following thefts
The news follows last year's revelation that approximately 2,000 items, including gold and semi-precious stone jewellery, had gone missing.
Madrid museum can keep Nazi-looted art, US appeals court rules
US judges ruled that Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza museum is the rightful owner of a priceless Pissarro painting, which was stolen from a Jewish family during the Holocaust.
'The artwork is not guilty': Swiss museum unveils Nazi era collection
A prestigious Swiss institution is attempting to navigate the troubled waters of displaying an art collection with questionable origins dating back to World War II and Nazi looted art.
Poo Done It? Four men charged in theft of satirical golden toilet
The four golden toilet-thieving suspects will appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on 28 November.
US returns Egon Schiele art looted by Nazis to owner's heirs
The US has returned seven artworks by famous Austrian expressionist painter Egon Schiele to the heirs of a Jewish cabaret star who owned them before he was killed by the Nazis in 1941.
France's Louvre museum set to return stolen Italian artifacts
Seven pieces bought by the museum more than 30 years ago could be returned to Italy as soon as this coming autumn.
US authorities return stolen ancient sarcophagus to Egypt
As Egyptian authorities continue increasing their efforts to reclaim stolen artefacts and bring them back to the country, US authorities have returned a looted ancient sarcophagus to Cairo
Poland wants Russia to return artwork looted by Red Army
The country lost an estimated 50 per cent of museum collections during the Nazi and Soviet occupations.
Should museums return artworks stolen by Nazis?
The Cassirer family have been trying and so far failing to see the return of a work of art stolen from them by the Nazis.
Artwork looted by the Nazis returned to rightful owners after 71 years
The painting belonged to a Jewish couple who fled Belgium prior to World War Two, their grandchildren are still searching for other items.