For US Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over
via New York Times, 13 December 2022: A reflection on recent trends in the repatriation of cultural heritage (with a ...
Tag: repatriation
Stories about the return of antiquities (often stolen) and archaeological materials.
See also: looting
Vietnam receives historic artefacts from US
via Vietnam Plus, 18 November 2022: The repatriated artefacts are part of a cache seized from a collector in Indiana ...
Cultural looting still a persistent crisis in SE Asia
via Bangkok Post, 14 November 2022: Editorial on the problem of cultural looting across Asia and Southeast Asia.
Hun Sen thanks US’ Biden for return of looted statues
via Phnom Penh Post, 13 November 2022: The Cambodian Prime Minister references a number of high-profile repatriations from the United ...
Ashmolean Museum questioned over looted Cambodian artefacts
via Cherwell, 13 November 2022: Coverage on the recent Cambodian delegation visit to UK museums, by the Oxford newspaper.
Dispute Over ‘Java Man’ Raises a Question: Who Owns Prehistory?
via New York Times, 09 November 2022: Indonesia is seeking the repatriation of the Java Man remains, and other artefacts ...
US returns more statues to Cambodia
via Khmer Times, 07 November 2022: Another sculpture - this time pre-Angkorian - is returned to Cambodia from the US.
Should the Australian Museum return Papuan artefacts?: The call for the return of sacred objects stolen from Papua by Frank Hurley poses uncomfortable questions for Australia’s museums
via The Monthly, November 2022: The repatriation debate around Papuan objects in Australian museums
SOAS team awarded grant of over £250,000 for Southeast Asian art restitution project
via SOAS, 25 October 2022: This newly-funded project will build on what our colleagues at SOAS have been working on ...
[Video] Looted
via Channel NewsAsia, 15 October 2022: This series from Channel NewsAsia looks at ongoing efforts to repatriate stolen antiquities from ...
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