Looted coffin acquired by Metropolitan Museum is headed back to Egypt
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Looted coffin acquired by Metropolitan Museum is headed back to Egypt
US and Egyptian officials presided over handover at a repatriation ceremony in New York
Over 18,000 cultural goods seized and 59 arrested in trafficking sting
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Over 18,000 cultural goods seized and 59 arrested in trafficking sting
Multi-national operation organised by Europol involved police forces from 29 countries
Tough new scrutiny by district attorney rattles New York antiquities trade
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Tough new scrutiny by district attorney rattles New York antiquities trade
Will New York district attorney’s new unit clean up the antiquities market—or shut it down?
Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum in Paris is ready to return African art
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Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum in Paris is ready to return African art
Head of the ethnographic institution applauds President Macron’s pledge to hand back African cultural heritage
Germany launches internet portal to fight art trafficking
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Germany launches internet portal to fight art trafficking
Site gives information on international regulations and protected German heritage
Dodgy dealers, curators and collectors named in the Marion True trial in Rome
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Dodgy dealers, curators and collectors named in the Marion True trial in Rome
The latest in the trial of former Getty antiquities curator, Marion True, and the Paris-based dealer Robert Hech both charged with conspiring to receive illegally excavated antiquities
Cultura Basel '03 fair report: Sheikh of Qatar on a shopping spree at a smaller, more focused fair
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Cultura Basel '03 fair report: Sheikh of Qatar on a shopping spree at a smaller, more focused fair
A successful vernissage shows quantity does not always trump quality