The ancient cuneiform, once fated to be displayed at the Museum of the Bible, was sold by Christie’s for $1.7m to the owners of the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby

Investigation recommends a review of Penn Museum practices while clearing the two individuals of unethical conduct

Bilateral accord to include projects to conserve, research, and store restituted items

Dating from the ninth and tenth centuries, the objects are thought to have been looted from sacred sites in the late 1960s

A newly published research paper explains the authentication and repatriation process for a tsantsa once housed in Mercer University’s natural history collection

The statement follows a petition condemning the institution and calling for a public investigation

The museum holds a collection of more than 1,000 remains amassed in the mid-19th century to uphold theories of racial superiority

The Association on American Indian Affairs issued an open letter accusing the institution of failing to fulfill its legal obligations

The collection of 277 objects were recovered through two separate investigations by Homeland Security

Museum director says Justice Department’s legal case only served “to cloud the respectful and serious process of deaccession and repatriation”

Critics say Turkish government polices give short shrift to religious minorities’ cultural heritage

The 18th-century work was stolen by the museum's namesake from an active temple over 100 years ago

University of Minnesota graduate students have joined Native nations in a long repatriation fight for Mimbres funerary objects controversially held by the Weisman Art Museum

Federal attorneys file a civil complaint, but museum says repatriation was already in the works

The report calls for a new panel to advise the minister on repatriations and a new provenance research centre

Court erupts after attendee shouts that African funeral pole "belongs to us"

A new state bill expands federal rights for Indigenous groups to reclaim human remains, burial objects and other sacred artefacts from institutions

When British troops plundered the Royal Palace of Benin in the 19th century, at least 3,000 objects were dispersed internationally. A new online database is bringing them together

Arts Council England will release a document that addresses the ethical and practical issues around restituting cultural objects, planned for autumn 2020

Archaeologists say the tablets, unearthed nearly a century ago, are akin to receipts

Move might pave the way for repatriation of sacred artefacts from other UK institutions

An open letter from scholars and curators, including Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr, demands greater transparency on collections

Objects are reportedly linked to antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor who is facing criminal charges in the US

Museums are facing greater scrutiny over sponsorship and the artists they choose to display

Native American official calls planned auction of the items “unconscionable”

The preserved head was held in Cologne's Rautenstrauch Joest Museum of world cultures for 110 years

New York authorities tracked down the object, which was being used as a coffee table by a Manhattan couple, after a photograph appeared in a book on porphyry