Hong Kong Palace Museum to exhibit Egyptian relics in landmark cultural collaborationThe Hong Kong Palace Museum will host the city’s largest-ever exhibition of Egyptian antiquities beginning November 20. Featuring 250 relic...
29 Jun, 2025, 12.57 PM IST
Allegations surface on US sending fake Roman mosaics back to LebanonAcademics from prestigious institutions in France and Britain contend that a significant number of the returned artifacts are, in fact, cle...
20 Nov, 2023, 07.37 PM IST
Parliamentary Committee urges strengthening Archaeological Survey of India's documentation effortsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture has submitted a report on the functioning of the Archaeological Sur...
10 Nov, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
PM Modi thanks US govt for returning over 100 rare, ancient Indian artefactsPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his gratitude to the US government for returning over 100 rare and ancient artefacts to In...
30 Jul, 2023, 02.08 PM IST
India plans repatriation of Kohinoor, colonial artefacts from UK: ReportSenior officials in New Delhi believe that such historical artefacts can reinforce a strong national cultural identity, with Lily Pandeya, ...
13 May, 2023, 08.28 PM IST
Egypt recovers 2,700-year-old sarcophagus lid from US04 Jan, 2023, 01.42 AM IST
Why government needs to undertake nationwide survey of antiques and soon-to-be antiques in IndiaThe problem, for India, only gets compounded with the government lacking any reliable database on antiquities and their locations. Also, ev...
12 Sep, 2022, 11.40 PM IST
14th century Indo-Persian sword, 6 other artefacts being repatriated from UK: G Kishan ReddyMuseums in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday signed an agreement with the Indian government to repatriate the seven stolen artefacts t...
21 Aug, 2022, 06.29 PM IST
Over 1,000 artefacts missing from Sri Lanka's Presidential Palace and PM's official residence taken over by protesters: PoliceBased on initial investigations at least 1,000 items of value, including rare artefacts have gone missing from the Presidential Palace as w...
23 Jul, 2022, 04.08 PM IST
Seven historic artefacts stolen from India set to return home after Glasgow City Council vote for repatriationSix of the artefacts were stolen from Hindu temples and shrines in different states in India during the 19th century.
11 Apr, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
India thanks New York authorities for returning over 150 antiquitiesWhile nearly half of the artefacts (71) are cultural, the other half consists of figurines related to Hinduism (60), Buddhism (16) and Jain...
27 Sep, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
PM Modi to bring back 157 antiquities handed over by USThe list of 157 artefacts includes a diverse set of items ranging from the one-and-a-half metre bas relief panel of Revanta in sandstone of...
25 Sep, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
The small but growing and quirky market for heirloomsScions of ex-royals and descendants of old money families are seeking to monetize high value family-held collectibles. It isn't as big as t...
09 Feb, 2020, 12.44 PM IST
Australia handed over three ancient artefacts to IndiaMinster of Communications and Arts Senator Mitch Fifield today formally handed over the artefacts to India’s Culture minister Mahesh Sharma.
19 Sep, 2016, 08.27 PM IST
Documentation of artefacts essential to combat trafficking: CIDOC Chairperson Nicholas CroftsInternational Committee for Documentation Chairperson Nicholas Crofts said artefacts which are documented cannot be smuggled easily.
07 Sep, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
Australia's premier art galleries may not contest India's antique idols claim2 of Australia's premier art galleries may not contest India's request for return of a 900-year-old 'Dancing Shiva' statue and a stone scul...
29 Apr, 2014, 09.44 PM IST
- US to return 1,000 smuggled Iraqi artefacts
The American authorities are set to return more than 1,000 priceless Iraqi artefacts smuggled out of the country after the US-led invasion ...
22 Sep, 2008, 08.26 PM IST