The figurines, which were looted from the ancient city of Uruk, belong to one of the oldest civilisations on earth

Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

Doubts surface in media over Nigeria’s museum infrastructure

A new report claims New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has many items in its collection with major provenance issues

The artefacts will go on view at the National Museum of Asian Art, rather than be returned to Yemen, due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis there

Many of the works investigated show a direct link to the violent 1897 raid by British forces, and may lead to the transfer of objects to Nigeria

The repatriated artefacts were looted by an international network of “high-profile antiquities traffickers and smugglers, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office

The paintings, from the workshop of the Flemish master Dieric Bouts, were transferred from the Museo Provincial de Pontevedra in Spain to Gołuchów Castle

The 60 objects included some that had been on display at the Metropolitan Museum and several that had been bought by billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt

A trafficked coffin that may have belonged to an ancient priest has been returned

The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum is the latest Western institution to return its collection of artefacts looted from Nigeria in the late-19th century

Announcement was made during the trial of six men which began in January and is due to resume this week

An ongoing investigation into White's collection expects to see more objects repatriated in the future

The museum will transfer the totem pole to the Nisga’a Nation of British Columbia

Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigation

"Digital Benin" catalogue gathers together information on objects stolen from the Kingdom of Benin and now held in collections around the world

The ruling culminates an extensive investigation into a smuggling ring headed by Kapoor

The heirs of Jewish dealers, who allegedly sold the medieval collection to the Prussian government under duress due to Nazi persecution, may appeal the ruling

The artefacts could be exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before traveling to Athens

The two works, given to the museum in the 1990s, were looted from temples in Kathmandu according to recent internal provenance research

The elaborate temple relief, now held by the Museo Nacional de Antropología, was extracted from the Maya jungle in the 1960s and offered to the Met for $400,000

Five objects worth more than €3m have been confiscated by authorities as part of a wide-ranging global investigation involving former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

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British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum now under scrutiny of Cambodian government

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The first-century marble sculpture, likely stolen by an Allied soldier during the Second World War, will go on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art before being repatriated to Bavaria

The Hamburg-based dealer Roben Dib was arrested in Paris last week. His lawyers say he will "fully cooperate with the investigation"

The artefacts were flagged by Christos Tsiogiannis, who has, since 2006, been identifying looted antiquities through photographic archives of suspected and convicted dealers in plunder

Illicit trade in cultural heritage finds a home on social networks, study reveals

The items have been under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney since 2017