repatriation

As part of a deal with antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford’s estate, Cambodia received more than 70 artifacts stolen from the country. The items were previously stored in London and returned as part of an agreement with Latchford’s…

The U.S. government has returned seven artifacts taken from Iraq during the 2003 invasion back to the country. The ceremony occurred on Wednesday in New York. The repatriation ceremony was facilitated by the office of Manhattan District…

A digital database of thousands of stolen Benin Bronze statues throughout the world has been launched, called Digital Benin. The Benin Bronzes are a collective of historical statues that were looted from the Royal Palace of Benin…

The Indonesia government has formally requested the Netherlands to return various looted items, including the remains of ‘Java Man’. According to reports, the Indonesian government had first requested the return of items in July, sharing…

New U.K. PM Liz Truss has rejected the possibility of returning the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum to the Greek government. The statement comes from an interview of Liz Truss with the British channel GB News. In the interview,…

Manhattan’s DA office recently seized antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) to repatriate them to their homes. While the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has carried out multiple raids on the Met this year, this…

In a historic first, the Glasgow Museums in Scotland became the first museum in the United Kingdom to return stolen objects to India. The ceremony occurred on Friday last week at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It was attended by…

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has announced to send 23 artefacts to Namibia after extensive research. This concludes the extensive research of more than 3 years that saw more than 1400 objects examined. The research began in…

On Friday, the Yale University Art Gallery announced the plans to return the statue of a Buddhist goddess to Nepal. The statue in question is that of Goddess Tara, who is considered a bodhisattva (or female Buddha, in some cases) in…

Nearly 40 objects, once belonging to billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt, were recovered by Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and to be returned to Israel. Michael Steinhardt and his wife Judy, once considered one of the most…