Read more about the article Priceless Artefacts Sent Back To The People Of Nigeria Are Locked Away In Palace Of Local Royal And His 5 Wives
Image shows the Oba of Benin Ewuare II, undated photo. He was transferred ownership of the Benin Bronzes by Nigeria. (Newsflash)

Priceless Artefacts Sent Back To The People Of Nigeria Are Locked Away In Palace Of Local Royal And His 5 Wives

The returned looted Benin bronzes look set to end up as ornaments in private palaces of the country's wealthy ruler after Nigerian officials' decision to hand them over to the…

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Read more about the article World’s Largest Ottoman Quran Weighing 176lbs Goes On Show In Egypt
Photo shows the worlds largest Ottoman Quran during the opening of Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center in the new administrative capital by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, undated. The Quran weighs about 80 kilograms and was written with iron ink on parchment in Kufic script. (Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency/Newsflash)

World’s Largest Ottoman Quran Weighing 176lbs Goes On Show In Egypt

The world's largest Ottoman Quran weighing 176lbs has gone on show in Egypt. The Quran, which weighs an impressive 80 kilogrammes (176 lbs), went on show at Egypt’s Islamic Cultural…

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Read more about the article Historian Finds Unique 1,000-Year-Old Mediaeval Gold Treasure Using Metal Detector
Image shows four gold earrings, two gold strips and thirty-nine silver pennies, undated photo. Dutch historian Lorenzo Ruijter, 27, found a unique 1,000-year-old medieval golden treasure in Hoogwoud, North Holland province, the Netherlands. (Archeology West-Friesland, Fleur Schinning/Newsflash)

Historian Finds Unique 1,000-Year-Old Mediaeval Gold Treasure Using Metal Detector

A 27-year-old historian has found a unique 1,000-year-old mediaeval gold treasure using a metal detector. One of the pieces is said to feature a depiction of Jesus Christ and the…

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Read more about the article Astronomers Hail Priceless Find Of Uncontaminated Meteorite That Landed On Balcony
Picture shows the fragments of the meteorite that fell on the evening of Valentine's Day in the northern area of Matera, Italy, undated. It fell onto a balcony. (PRISMA, INAF/Newsflash)

Astronomers Hail Priceless Find Of Uncontaminated Meteorite That Landed On Balcony

Astronomers scouring the countryside in southern Italy after reports that an asteroid was big enough to hit the Earth were amazed when they got a call from two brothers after…

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Read more about the article Priceless Hoard Of Ancient Gold And Silver Treasure Unearthed
Image shows the late Celtic jewellery and coins, undated photo. They were discovered in the town of Neumarkt am Wallersee, in Salzburg, Austria. (Salzburg Museum/Newsflash)

Priceless Hoard Of Ancient Gold And Silver Treasure Unearthed

A priceless hoard of ancient Celtic gold, silver jewellery and coins has gone on show in Austria. The sensational find could have been buried by its high-status owner either because…

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Read more about the article Egypt Returns Priceless Coins Looted From Ancient Civilisations
Photo shows a jewellery of the Queen Ahhotep, which was displayed at the Egyptian Museum of Liberation in Cairo, Egypt, undated photo. Sabah Abdel Razek, director general of the museum, explained that this was the first time that these treasures were being displayed after having been in storage. (@tourismandantiq/Newsflash)

Egypt Returns Priceless Coins Looted From Ancient Civilisations

Egypt has returned nearly 200 ancient coins to their modern homelands after they were seized by officials being trafficked into the country. Envoys from Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and China…

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Read more about the article Taiwan Museum Denies It Tried To Cover Up Breaking Of Ming And Qing Dynasty Objects
Picture shows one of the broken artefacts, undated. Three cultural relics in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, were damaged. (National Palace Museum/AsiaWire)

Taiwan Museum Denies It Tried To Cover Up Breaking Of Ming And Qing Dynasty Objects

Butter-fingered museum worker drops and breaks a priceless China plate by opening a box the wrong way. The video was released as the director of Taipei’s National Palace Museum faces…

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Read more about the article Mexico Recovers Hundreds Of Priceless Treasures From USA
One of the items recovered by Mexican authorities in an undated photo. They were given by the US authorities. (INAH/Newsflash)

Mexico Recovers Hundreds Of Priceless Treasures From USA

Mexico has recovered more than 400 archaeological treasures dating back hundreds of years after they were seized in the US. The 428 artefacts include arrowheads, spear tips and knives plus…

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Read more about the article Cops Searching For Drugs Find Fortune In Ancient Pots
Moment of the drug trafficking search in a house where the archaeological items were found in Guadassuar, Valencia, Spain, July 2022. (Newsflash)

Cops Searching For Drugs Find Fortune In Ancient Pots

Police officers searching a home for drugs discovered more than a thousand ancient treasures dating back to the 12th and 18th centuries, with some even dating back to the Roman…

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Read more about the article Treasure Trove Of 1,200 Ancient Roman Coins Found By Amateur Archaeologist May Have Been Sacrifice To The Gods
The coins which were made during the reign of Constantine the Great (AD 306-337) show portraits of the emperor and his relatives in the front. (Rahel C. Ackermann, Inventar der Fundmunzen Schweiz (IFS)/Newsflash)

Treasure Trove Of 1,200 Ancient Roman Coins Found By Amateur Archaeologist May Have Been Sacrifice To The Gods

An amateur archaeologist has found this huge treasure trove of over 1,200 priceless, ancient Roman coins dating back to the 4th Century AD and the reign of Emperor Constantine the…

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