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Manhattan DA Seizes Dozens of Antiquities From the Met, Raising Total to More Than $95 Million

The seizures increase pressure on museums to speed provenance checks and return objects suspected to be looted.

FBI Recovers 17th-Century Reliquary, Returns It to Italy

Mexico Unveils Returned Maya Lintel in New York Ahead of Air Force Flight Home

Cotofenesti Gold Helmet Recovered in Netherlands After Museum Heist

Dutch Police Unveil Stolen 2,500-Year-Old Cotofeni Gold Helmet, Two Bracelets

San Francisco Asian Art Museum Returns Four Looted Thai Bronzes

Mexico Receives 52 Archaeological Pieces Returned From U.S. Collectors

Assam CM in London for British Museum Talks on Vrindavani Vastra Loan

Netherlands Finalizes Return of 28,000 Dubois Fossils, Including 'Java Man,' to Indonesia

FBI Returns Colonial-Era 'Villa de Santa Fe' Map to Mexico in Albuquerque Handoff

Ashraf Omar Eldarir Gets Six Months for Smuggling Egyptian Antiquities

FBI Repatriates Stolen 1527 Cortés Manuscript Page to Mexico

India Welcomes Home Piprahwa Buddha Relics After 127 Years

Netherlands Hands Over 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in Largest Single Repatriation

Cambridge Faces Renewed Calls to Return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Netherlands to Return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in Historic Repatriation

2,400-Year-Old Golden Helmet Stolen in Explosive Dutch Museum Heist

Thieves Steal Priceless Romanian Gold Treasures in Explosive Museum Heist

Germany Returns Ancestral Remains to Indigenous Australians After 144 Years

France Transfers 3,500 Archaeological Artefacts to Ethiopia