The Manhattan district attorney’s office said the objects had been identified as illicit during an investigation of an art ...

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Three ancient artifacts from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were officially returned to Iraq on Monday ...

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With a vast treasure trove of the Dutch Golden Age, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses more than 8,000 pieces of art and ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special ...

Sotheby’s has postponed its sale of gems linked to the remains of the Buddha, in a case that has sparked legal and moral ...

Early in the Civil War, two ironclad ships faced off in a battle that would change naval warfare forever. What made ironclad ...

A kangaroo tooth headband and 10 glass spearheads, some of which are more than 100 years old, were voluntarily returned by ...

In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

New evidence from a probe into British antiquities dealer Robin Symes confirmed the pieces were trafficked and rightfully ...

Horses, too, which Connecticut traded for the aromatic brew, were a rich vein of exports Nutmeggers were willing to swap for ...