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In 1999, treasure hunters illegally dug up a strange disk in Germany, and it turned out to carry a 3,600-year-old map of the night sky- In 2024, a tourist at a beach bar in Varna, Bulgaria, noticed this table was actually an ancient artifact, later identified as a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus
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- 588 antiquities repatriated to India from US so far, 297 received in 2024: GovtA total of 588 antiquities have been repatriated to India from the US, with 297 received in 2024 under the US-India Cultural Property Agree...20 Mar, 2025, 08.11 PM IST
- Ghana artifacts that were looted 150 years ago by British forces have been returned by a US museumThe artifacts included an elephant tail whisk, an ornamental chair made of wood, leather and iron, two gold stool ornaments, a gold necklac...10 Feb, 2024, 11.54 PM IST
- New York's Met Museum to return 16 stolen ancient artefacts to Cambodia & ThailandThis most recent repatriation of artwork comes as many museums in the U.S. and Europe reckon with collections that contain objects looted f...16 Dec, 2023, 10.48 AM IST
- Don't ruin your vacation with gaffes & goof-ups! Tourists share where they went wrong while holidayingIn an effort to help future travelers learn from others' mistakes, The New York Times asked readers to share examples of instances in which...02 Dec, 2023, 07.00 PM IST
- A 'digital heist': Rosetta Stone returns home to London virtuallyThe Rosetta Stone will be "digitally repatriated" to Egypt by Looty, a group of London-based designers, allowing visitors to view it throug...20 Aug, 2023, 10.32 AM IST
- US government returns 266 antique items to ItalyThe returned items include artifacts recently seized in New York from a storage unit belonging to British antiquities dealer Robin Symes, o...12 Aug, 2023, 09.25 PM IST
- Centuries-old 'priceless' cultural artifacts smuggled out from Cambodia brought back homeIn Feb, a spectacular collection of jewelry returned from the estate of antiquities collector.18 Mar, 2023, 07.30 PM IST
- 'Destiny 2: Root of Nightmares Raid' is live. Here's what you should knowThe Root of the Nightmare Raid comes on March 10 at 5 pm GMT.11 Mar, 2023, 12.09 AM IST
- Queen Elizabeth II's coffin takes long road through ScotlandThe procession was a huge event for Scotland as the U.K. takes days to mourn its longest-reigning monarch, the only one most Britons have e...11 Sep, 2022, 10.35 PM IST
- An art sleuth from Chennai is taking on traffickers in a $10 billion black marketWith encyclopedic command of the material, Kumar hunts for distinguishing marks on antiques, matching archival photographs with offerings i...20 Apr, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
- US returns 248 antiquities valued at $15 million to India“This extraordinary assemblage of artifacts, recovered from five different criminal investigations over the past decade, embodies the timel...29 Oct, 2021, 07.24 AM IST
- US returns 200 artifacts worth $100 million to IndiaSpeaking in Hindi, the Prime Minister said that in the last two years various countries have endeavoured to return India's stolen cultural ...07 Jun, 2016, 01.20 PM IST
- US authorities recover stolen idol from south Indian templeKapoor is currently in custody in India awaiting trial for allegedly looting tens of millions of dollars' worth of rare antiquities from se...18 Nov, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
- The expensive antics of China’s gaudiest billionaire Liu YiqianLiu, 52, is a classic rags-to-riches story of new China, a high school dropout who made his fortune in the country’s nascent stock trading ...20 Apr, 2015, 04.19 AM IST
- US to return 7 antiquities stolen from IndiaAuthorities said the museum was not aware that the stone objects had been stolen when they were added to its collection between 1991 and 20...02 Apr, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
- Here's how ISIS, world's wealthiest terrorist group makes millions every dayISIS allegedly sells much of its oil production to intermediaries in Syria, who then transport it to Turkey, Iran, and Kurdistan.28 Aug, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
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