Nation Jul 29 Native American exhibits at major museums closed months ago, but tribes are still waiting to get artifacts back Native American artifacts are still in the hands of some of the nation’s largest museums some six months after institutions closed and covered exhibits in response to new federal regulations. By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press
World Feb 09 U.S. museum returns artifacts to Ghana that were looted 150 years ago by British forces Seven royal artifacts looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom and kept by a United States museum have been returned and presented to the kingdom on Thursday, the latest of a series of stolen… By Francis Kokutse, Associated Press
World Mar 17 Cambodia celebrates return of ‘priceless’ stolen centuries-old artifacts The celebration Friday was led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who offered thanks for their return and appealed for further efforts to retrieve such stolen treasures. By Sopheng Cheang, Associated Press
Science Feb 09 Stone Age discovery in Kenya fuels mystery of who made the earliest tools In the past, scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers. But two big fossil teeth found along with the tools at the Kenyan site belong to an extinct human cousin known as Paranthropus. By Maddie Burakoff, Associated Press
Sep 17 Rare U.S. Constitution copy up for auction By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press A very special birth certificate will be auctioned off later this year. Continue reading
Sep 30 ‘It belongs to us!’: French trial over colonial art grows tense By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza in part was inspired by global protests against racial injustice and colonial-era wrongs unleashed by George Floyd's death in the U.S. at the knee of a white policeman. Continue reading
Apr 16 Which Notre Dame treasures survived the fire? By Courtney Vinopal Though grievous damage has forever altered the 856-year-old cathedral, officials say the precious relics housed inside were spared. Continue reading
Aug 09 British Museum to return looted antiquities to Iraq By Associated Press The returned antiquities were seized by British police in 2003 from a now-defunct London art dealer. Continue reading
Mar 02 Iraq reopens museum in defiance of jihadist threat By Larisa Epatko The Iraqi National Museum, ransacked after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, has reopened 12 years later displaying ancient winged creatures, tablets and sculptures in stone. Continue reading