With the country still in the throes of a civil war, the ancient sculptures were returned by a family in New Zealand but will be temporarily kept in New York

Lisa Nandy's apparent support for repatriation reform has been welcomed by the head of London's Victoria and Albert Museum

The sacred artefact’s ultimate destination remains a subject of debate

The digital Museum of Looted Antiquities aspires to be an encyclopaedic repository on returned cultural artefacts—and to expose smuggling networks

The Canadian documentary “So Surreal: Behind the Masks” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival

Investigations by both the museum's internal team and experts from Turkey's Ministry of Culture suggested the gold and carnelian artefact was exported illegally

The institution intensified its repatriation efforts after revised federal rules governing Native American remains and funerary objects went into effect earlier this year

The Australian government pays the major expenses of repatriation, making it easier for cash-strapped museums to engage with the often expensive and time-consuming process

Italian authorities are using artificial intelligence to identify works of art up for sale that may have been stolen or trafficked

Some of the 133 objects being repatriated are associated with the antiquities smugglers Subhash Kapoor and Richard Beale

The 117 artefacts had been smuggled into South America within the past several years

The Egyptian items repatriated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office this week, collectively valued at $1.4m, include a wood coffin face and a royal alabaster vase

In a ceremony at the museum, Met director Max Hollein signed a "memorandum of understanding" together with a representative of the Thai cultural ministry

The antiquities, collectively valued at $3m, include a bronze “Shiva Triad” from Cambodia that the dealer Nancy Wiener donated to the Denver Art Museum after failing to find a buyer for it

More than a decade after Turkey asked for it back, the sculpture will finally be returned

Even amid political tensions between the superpowers, officials from both countries emphasised the importance of continued collaboration on antiquities trafficking

The museum’s latest repatriation comes as it ramps up efforts to audit the provenance of objects in its collection

The vases, which were estimated to sell for as much as $71,000, were pulled from a sale in New York this week

A haul of historic objects looted following the Battle of Okinawa make their way home after almost 80 years

Prior to their seizure, the paintings had been offered to the auction house Doyle for consignment

Objects ranging from the 1st century to the 15th century were handed over at the Mexican consulate in Los Angeles earlier this month

The Fowler Museum at UCLA has repatriated seven artefacts that were taken during the Sagrenti War of 1874

Many of the 30 objects being repatriated are linked to the disgraced dealers Michael Ward and Robin Symes

The museum had been pressured and petitioned for years to return objects tied to smuggler Douglas Latchford

Federal investigators found that the six-page manuscript at the Rosenbach Museum and Library had been illegally removed from a larger volume

All but one of the items were voluntarily handed over by the Museum Schloss Salder in Salzgitter

Two of the objects will be handed over the Italian authorities, while three will remain on view at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta

Some of the 19 artefacts handed over by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had ties to notorious traffickers

The artworks include an 11th-century stone sculpture donated by a relative of a longtime curator of Asian art at the Met

The repatriation ceremony at the San Bernardino County Museum was timed to coincide with the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the US and Mexican Independence Day