US returns 77 looted artefacts to Yemen
1 year, 10 months ago

US returns 77 looted artefacts to Yemen

Hindustan Times  

The United States has returned 77 looted antiquities to Yemen, US authorities said Tuesday, adding the objects would be housed "temporarily" in a museum in Washington in line with an agreement with the war-torn country's government. The pieces are "64 relief carved stone heads, 11 Quran manuscript pages, a bronze inscribed bowl, and a Funerary Stele" from Minaean tribal cultures in northwest Yemen's highlands dating back to the 1st century BCE, Breon Peace, the district attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement. The 64 carved stone heads had been confiscated in the United States as part of a 2012 plea bargain from an antiquities smuggler named Mousa Khouli, also known as "Morris" Khouli, the DA's statement said. "I also affirm my substantial appreciation to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art for agreeing to temporarily hold these antiquities until they are fully repatriated back to Yemen in the future," Al-Hadhrami said.

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US returns looted antiquities worth $10 million to India
1 month, 1 week ago

US returns looted antiquities worth $10 million to India

CNN  

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

Iraq exhibits stolen ancient artefacts returned by US and other countries
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia
7 months, 4 weeks ago

US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia

Al Jazeera  

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‘US to return over 100 antiquities stolen from India’: PM Modi announces on last day of State visit
1 year, 6 months ago

‘US to return over 100 antiquities stolen from India’: PM Modi announces on last day of State visit

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a cheerful Indian diaspora at the Ronald Reagan Center and expressed happiness over the American government's decision to return more than 100 stolen antiquities back to India. Watch | PM Modi concludes US State visit with address to Indian diaspora "I am happy that the American government has decided to return more than 100 antiquities …

US repatriates 77 looted artifacts to Yemen — but the Smithsonian will house them for now
1 year, 10 months ago

US repatriates 77 looted artifacts to Yemen — but the Smithsonian will house them for now

CNN  

CNN — The United States has repatriated 77 looted artifacts to Yemen, including dozens of ancient funerary stones linked to a disgraced New York art dealer and 11 folios from early Qurans. But this week’s ceremony marks the first time in almost two decades that the US has repatriated cultural artifacts to Yemen, with the last being a single funerary …

US returns 307 stolen antiquities, worth nearly USD 4 million, to India
2 years, 2 months ago

US returns 307 stolen antiquities, worth nearly USD 4 million, to India

Firstpost  

All the antiquities were returned during a repatriation ceremony at the Indian Consulate in New York Washington: After the 15-years of investigation, the US authorities returned 307 antiquities that were stolen by multiple smaller trafficking networks to India, valued at nearly 4 million Dollars, according to a press statement released on Monday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr on …

United States returns 307 stolen antiquities, worth nearly USD 4 million, to India
2 years, 2 months ago

United States returns 307 stolen antiquities, worth nearly USD 4 million, to India

India TV News  

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Return effort lags for cultural objects looted from former colonies
2 years, 4 months ago

Return effort lags for cultural objects looted from former colonies

NL Times  

An assessment committee intended to aid in the return of looted art and cultural objects to former colonies has not been established more than a year and a half after it was first announced. In early 2021, the outgoing Cabinet promised to return looted cultural objects to former colonies from which they were stolen. He debunked the idea that museums …

US returns antiquities to India in stolen art investigation
3 years, 1 month ago

US returns antiquities to India in stolen art investigation

Hindustan Times  

US authorities returned about 250 antiquities to India on Thursday in a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme. In June, the district attorney’s office returned more than two dozen artifacts worth $3.8 million to Cambodia as part of the investigation. The case "serves as a potent reminder that individuals who maraud sacred temples in pursuit of individual profit are …

Home at last: US returns centuries old stolen antiquities valued at $15 million to India
3 years, 1 month ago

Home at last: US returns centuries old stolen antiquities valued at $15 million to India

India Today  

The US on Thursday returned 248 antiquities, including a 12th century bronze Shiva Nataraja, valued at an estimated $15 million to India, the “largest” such transfer of antiquities to the country. The US returned the 248 antiquities valued at an estimated $15 million to India during a repatriation ceremony attended by India Consul General Randhir Jaiswal and US Homeland Security …

US returns thousands of looted ancient artifacts to Iraq
3 years, 4 months ago

US returns thousands of looted ancient artifacts to Iraq

The Independent  

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As Years of War Destroys Yemen's Present, Museums Fight Each Day to Preserve Its Past
3 years, 6 months ago

As Years of War Destroys Yemen's Present, Museums Fight Each Day to Preserve Its Past

News 18  

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