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

The artefacts, dating from the third millenium BC, will remain in New York as Yemen’s civil war drags on

The sculpture, which depicts a daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, is the second out-of-state item to be seized by the Antiquities Trafficking Unit

The museum had recently revised public information about the sculpture, likely a depiction of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, in an apparent attempt to distance itself from its alleged looting

They had been smuggled into the US after a 2008 museum heist

The clay archaeological marvel, which was recovered thanks to a Texan artist, is believed to be more than 1,300 years old

The Menil Collection denies claims in an Italian police statement that 60 of the disputed artefacts were housed at the Texas museum

A skull relief carving hailing from the ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá has been repatriated

The artefacts, valued at a total of $1.26m, changed hands with a repatriation ceremony

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

The 65 heritage objects in question include a glass with a clay pedestal dating from the Mesoamerican Classic period and a ceramic bowl dating from 200CE

Sources state that demands made for thousands of objects in British collections have been "significantly overstated", and that the report is "misleading"

The museum has responded to accusations that its collection includes looted artefacts by creating its largest research arm to date

The repatriation comes after a report found more than 1,000 works linked to suspected or convicted traffickers in the museum’s collection

After a repatriation ceremony last November, members of Indigenous communities debate what to do with objects long held at the Founders Museum

In all, 83 artefacts scheduled to be sold in Paris next week are protected under Mexican law, authorities say

The small Dutch Carribean island has recovered bone fragments and artefacts uncovered in a Dutch archaeological dig more than 30 years ago