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Switzerland returns a 2nd-century B.C. funerary mask to Egypt.

Switzerland has returned an important cultural artifact dating back to the 2nd century B.C.to Egypt. The artifact is an Egyptian funerary mask, which was officially handed over to Egyptian authorities during a ceremony held at the Beatrice von Watten...
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Spain Recovers a Beautiful Flemish Painting, Thanks in Part to the Carabinieri

The Spanish Ministry of Culture has presented the Museum of Fine Arts in La Coruña—a state-owned institution whose administration has been transferred to the Galician regional government—with a beautiful 16th-century Flemish panel painting dep...
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Argentina will return a painting stolen by the Nazis, which was discovered through a real estate listing

In Argentina, the federal court in Mar del Plata ordered the return of a *Portrait of a Lady* by Giacomo Ceruti after it was discovered that the work had been looted in the Netherlands by the Nazi regime: The work is to be returned to Marei von Sahe...
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Roman Inscription Missing Since 1943 and Rediscovered in the U.S. Returned to the Civitavecchia Museum

The National Archaeological Museum of Civitavecchia is preparing to welcome an artifact of extraordinary historical, documentary, and symbolic value. To mark the museum’s reopening, scheduled for September 18 following a major renovation and redesign...
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The Metropolitan Museum is returning more than 45 artifacts that were illegally removed to Italy

The District Attorney of Manhattan ( New York, United States), Alvin L. Bragg Jr., announced the return of 59 cultural artifacts to their respective countries of origin— Italy, Iraq, and Indonesia—following three separate official ceremonies that mar...
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Greece returns 48 archaeological finds to Cyprus

Greece returned 48 archaeological artifacts to Cyprus today.The meeting marking the handover of the valuable material was held today at the Cyprus Museum, on the occasion of the informal Council of Culture Ministers of the European Union in Nicosia, ...
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France passes law on the restitution of works stolen in colonial times

France is taking a significant step in the long and complex journey of restitution of cultural property stolen during the colonial era. On the night of April 12-13, the Assemblée nationale unanimously approved a bill concerning the restitutio...
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Zurich returns eleven works from the Kingdom of Benin to Nigeria

The city of Zurich has decided to transfer to the Federal Republic of Nigeria the ownership of eleven works from the Kingdom of Benin that are stored at the Museum Rietberg. The decision, formalized last Friday, March 20, is a significant step in the...
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