Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US

3 days, 4 hours ago

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor

Egypt on Wednesday revealed significant archaeological discoveries near the historic city of Luxor, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back approximately 3,600 years. While many tombs were looted during the Ptolemaic period and later, the team uncovered key remnants that provide new insights into ancient Egyptian life and culture. Reconstructing History Zahi Hawass emphasized the importance of the …

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1 week ago

Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor

Associated Press

CAIRO — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years. They were unearthed at the causeway of Queen Hatshepsut’s funerary temple at Deir al-Bahri on the Nile’s West Bank, according to a statement released by Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities & Heritage. Artifacts found at …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Skull, skeleton parts found at abandoned house at Chottanikkara were used for academic purposes: police

The Hindu

The Ernakulam Rural police have scientifically confirmed that the human skull and skeleton parts recovered from an abandoned house at Chottanikkara were indeed meant for academic purpose and could have changed hands for years. They were found wrapped separately and kept in an old broken refrigerator inside the house on a 14-acre plot at Palace Square at Eruveli East, Chottanikkara, …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Lifting the secret of an ancient Egyptian mummy

ABC

A wooden sarcophogas is sold in a Cairo market in the 1800s, transported to Australia, and held in a University of Sydney collection. Two leading Australian Egyptologists join Natasha Mitchell to consider the ethics, history, and science of a quest to understand life and death in Ancient Egypt and get a glimpse into one woman's world over 2500 years ago. …

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1 month ago

Archaeologists may have just found Cleopatra’s bust at ancient Egyptian temple

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

A Danish museum agrees to return a bronze sculpture looted from Turkey

NPR

A Danish museum agrees to return a bronze sculpture looted from Turkey A Danish museum has agreed to return the bronze head of a Roman Emperor to Turkey. A Danish museum has agreed to return the looted artifact as NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports. ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: The bronze head of Roman emperor Septimius Severus was first looted by villagers who …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Elgin Marbles: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return?

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Italian police seize Estruscan treasures stolen from ancient grave by amateur ‘tomb raiders’

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts dug up by ‘amateurish’ tomb raiders

CNN

CNN — Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. The artifacts, including eight urns, two sarcophagi and beauty accessories such as bronze mirrors and a perfume bottle still redolent of its original scent, are worth at least 8 million euros, Carabinieri art police said. Police seized the loot from two entrepreneurs who had unearthed Etruscan burial chambers while excavating …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market

Associated Press

ROME — Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artifacts worth 8 million euros intended for sale on the black market. The illegal dig was adjacent to another Etruscan burial site discovered by a …

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2 months ago

US Returns 1,400 Looted Artifacts Worth $10M to India

Deccan Chronicle

The United States has returned over 1,400 looted artifacts worth $10 million to India, part of an initiative to repatriate stolen art from South and Southeast Asia. The Manhattan District Attorney's office stated that the items were recovered through investigations into criminal trafficking networks run by convicted art dealers Subhash Kapoor and Nancy Wiener. Kapoor, a former New York antiquities …

Art India

2 months ago

US returns over 1,400 looted antiques worth $10 million to India

Hindustan Times

The United States on Wednesday announced that it has returned 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 Manhattan District Attorney's office, in a press release, said that the goods were recovered as part of an "ongoing investigations into criminal trafficking …

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2 months ago

US returns looted antiquities worth $10 million to India

CNN

CNN — The United States has returned more than 1,400 looted artifacts worth $10 million to India as part of an ongoing initiative to repatriate stolen art from countries across South and Southeast Asia, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday. The repatriations resulted from “several ongoing investigations” into looting networks, including those operated by convicted art traffickers Nancy Wiener …

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2 months ago

X-ray scans finally reveal how 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy was sealed in coffin 'with no opening'

Daily Mail

X-ray scans have finally answered the mystery of how a famous Egyptian mummy was placed inside a coffin with no opening. New CT scans of Lady Chenet-aa have allowed researchers to gain insight into her age, diet and how she was embalmed The scans created 3D images of Chenet-aa's body alongside a second mummy called Harwa who was also considered …

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2 months, 1 week ago

New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human remains to uncover new details about their identities and how they were prepared for the afterlife — all without removing a single piece of linen. Morgan Clark/The Field Museum Preparing for the …

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2 months, 1 week ago

New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummified human remains to uncover new details about their identities and how they were prepared for the afterlife — all without removing a single piece of linen. Morgan Clark/The Field Museum Preparing for the …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'Extraordinary' burial chamber of an ancient Egyptian priestess is discovered after 4,000 years - as archaeologists uncover a coffin WITHIN another coffin

Daily Mail

An 'extraordinary' burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been unearthed after nearly 4,000 years. Idy, the daughter of a wealthy governor who lived around 1880 BC, was found in a coffin within another coffin in a tomb in the city of Asyut, 200 miles south of Cairo. 'The uncovering of this shaft began in 2022, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

X-ray scans answer 3,000-year-old mystery of Egyptian ‘locked mummy’

The Independent

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2 months, 1 week ago

Archaeologists unearth shock ancient Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb

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2 months, 1 week ago

Ancient Egyptian Tomb Uncovered in Luxor, Egypt

Associated Press

Archaeologists in Egypt and the United States have unearthed an ancient Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb near the famed city of Luxor. The tomb dates back to the 1938 B.C.-1630 B.C. and was found in the South Asasif necropolis, next to the Temple of Hatshepsut on the Nile's West Bank in Luxor. The tomb contains 11 sealed burials, suggesting that it …

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3 months ago

Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum finally set to open in October– 11 years later than planned

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

French man discovers medieval skeletons and sarcophagi while renovating cellar

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Research reveals details of destroyed temple site

China Daily

For Liu Siliang and his team, surveying the Yongning Temple site in rural Siyugou village in Wu'an county, Hebei province, was like trying to put back together a puzzle that was created hundreds of years ago. The site was among many locations where cultural relic protection workers have carried out field investigations since the launch of the fourth national cultural …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

US hands over 297 stolen Indian antiquities amid PM Modi's visit

Hindustan Times

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing visit, the US handed “297 antiquities” to India that had been smuggled out of the country, an official statement on Sunday said. The official statement from the Prime Minister's Office said “On the occasion of the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to the United States, the US side facilitated the return of …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ancient remains of Egyptian army barracks and a bronze sword unearthed by archaeologists

CNN

CNN — Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in hieroglyphics. Under Ramses II, whose name was also engraved on a limestone block found at the fort, Egypt fought several wars against the Hittites and Libyans, necessitating these …

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5 months ago

Egypt: Gold, relics, jewellery from Ptolemaic dynasty unearthed in Nile Delta tombs

Hindustan Times

A trove of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country’s antiquities authority said Monday. This image provided by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, shows artifacts which were discovered inside tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis, in …

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5 months ago

Archaeologists discover trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Treasure trove of golden artifacts are discovered among 60 newly found tombs in Egypt

Daily Mail

A treasure trove of historic gold foil artifacts that were buried for nearly 3,000 years has been uncovered in Egypt. Archaeologists discovered the burial site of Tel-El-Dir in the city of Damietta in Egypt that held more than 60 tombs Gold Foil artifacts were discovered that led researchers to believe they could shed light on how the Egyptians lived during …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Divers find long lost carvings of Tutankhamun's grandfather and other Egyptian pharaohs at bottom of Nile River

Daily Mail

Ancient carvings featuring the faces of Tutankhamun's grandfather and other ancient Egyptian pharaohs have been rediscovered. Archaeologists have discovered mysterious carvings of ancient Egyptian pharaohs that have been submerged underwater for decades During their exploration of the Nile River, archaeologists uncovered rock slabs containing hieroglyphic inscriptions and carvings of King Tatmas IV who ruled in the early 14th Century BC …

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6 months ago

Iraq exhibits stolen ancient artefacts returned by US and other countries

Hindustan Times

Iraq on Monday exhibited several ancient artefacts that it said had been returned by the United States and other countries, long after they were looted and smuggled out following the 2003 US invasion. Iraq exhibits stolen ancient artefacts returned by US and other countries Iraqi authorities have been trying to retrieve thousands of archaeological relics missing since the invasion, which …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Cambodia welcomes the Met's repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil

Hindustan Times

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. Cambodia welcomes the Met's repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil The items repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Cambodia celebrates ‘historic homecoming’ of centuries-old looted statues

LA Times

The return to Cambodia of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said the “historic homecoming of national treasures” followed years of negotiations between Cambodia’s art restitution team, U.S. federal prosecutors in New York, …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil

CNN

Phnom Penh AP — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister, Phoeurng Sackona, said Thursday. A statement from Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said the “historic homecoming of national treasures” followed several years of …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil

CNN

Phnom Penh AP — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister, Phoeurng Sackona, said Thursday. A statement from Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said the “historic homecoming of national treasures” followed several years of …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil

Associated Press

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. A statement from Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said the “historic homecoming of national treasures” followed several years …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum's repatriation of statues looted over decades of turmoil

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Two plundered ancient Greek vases are repatriated from Switzerland

Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — Two plundered marble vases that marked ancient Athenians’ graves more than 2,000 years ago, including one with an emotional family scene, have been returned to Greece from Switzerland. Greece’s Culture Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the two white marble works, which were decorated with relief sculptures, were brought back following a long legal battle. Greek …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. vows to return more looted antiquities as Italy welcomes home 600 artifacts

LA Times

Some 600 looted works of art and other artifacts that were returned by the United States to Italy are displayed in Rome on Tuesday. Italy on Tuesday celebrated the return of around 600 antiquities from the U.S., including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts valued at $65 million, that were looted years ago, sold to U.S. museums, galleries …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

Egypt Mummies Coffins

7 months, 3 weeks ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Thailand welcomes the return of trafficked antiquities from New York's Metropolitan Museum

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

4500-year-old Tomb? Scientists Discover Mysterious Structure Near Giza Pyramids

News 18

The ancient past holds many mysteries and secrets, some of which are still indiscernible by us. Archaeologists in Egypt have used remote sensing techniques to uncover a mysterious L-shaped structure beneath the western cemetery of Giza. This cemetery, which houses the burials of royal family members and high-ranking officials, features many tombs with above-ground rectangular stone or mud-brick structures called …

Egypt Giza Ground Structure Structure Discover

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Archaeologist’s theory may have finally solved mystery of Egypt’s pyramids

The Independent

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8 months ago

Mysterious underground 'entrance' near Egypt's Great Pyramid baffles archaeologists

Daily Mail

Archaeologists have discovered mysterious structures hidden below the surface near Egypt’s Great Pyramid that could be an unknown tomb built 4,500 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered mysterious structures hidden below the surface near Egypt’s Great Pyramid that could be an unknown tomb built 4,500 years ago ‘The structure causing the anomalies could be vertical walls of limestone or shafts leading …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia

Al Jazeera

New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m. Bragg said he had returned 27 pieces to Phnom Penh and three to Jakarta in two recent repatriation ceremonies, including a bronze statue of the Hindu deity Shiva, which was looted from Cambodia, and a stone bas-relief sculpture of two royal figures from …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years

Al Jazeera

The objects were stolen from the court of the Asante king during the 19th century Anglo-Asante wars. The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is today’s Ghana on a six-year loan, Ghanaian negotiators have said. Ghanaian authorities have for years tried to reclaim gold treasures …

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