Read more about the article Polar Bear Sent To Another Zoo As Cub Comes Back To World’s Oldest Zoo After 15 Years
Image shows the new polar bear boar, undated photo. It arrived at the Schoenbrunn Zoo, in the city of Vienna, Austria, in May 2023. (Nuremberg Zoo, Tom Burger/Newsflash)

Polar Bear Sent To Another Zoo As Cub Comes Back To World’s Oldest Zoo After 15 Years

An endangered polar bear who was sent to another zoo immediately after his birth has returned after spending 15 years abroad. The 15-year-old polar bear reunited with other bears at…

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Read more about the article Metal Came From German Mines, Study Shows
Image shows some of the 313 manillas excavated by the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi from a Flemish trader lost in 1524 off Getaria in Basque Country, northern Spain, undated photo. The ship was chartered by Portuguese merchants from Lisbon. (Ana Maria Benito-Dominguez, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)/Newsflash)

Metal Came From German Mines, Study Shows

Looted bronze treasures returned to Nigeria by Berlin were made from metal tokens minted from brass mined in Germany, scientists have discovered. Thousands of the distinctive bronzes disappeared during colonial…

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Read more about the article Ancient Artefacts Worth USD 20m Including Julius Caesar Murder Coin Returned To Greece
Photo shows one of the several antiquities returned to Greece, undated. The US returned 29 antiquities to Greece during a repatriation ceremony at the Greek Consulate of New York on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Manhattan District Attorney/Newsflash)

Ancient Artefacts Worth USD 20m Including Julius Caesar Murder Coin Returned To Greece

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Twenty-nine ancient artefacts worth USD 20 million have been returned to Greece by the United States, including a coin that was minted to commemorate the murder of Julius Caesar. The…

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Read more about the article Looted 7th Century BC Artefact Returned To Iraq After Adorning US Museum For 17 Years
Photo shows an artifact that is believed to have been stolen during the pillaging of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003 and returned to Iraq by FBI, undated. Archaeologists believe the artifact, which stands only 2 1/4 inches tall and 1 1/2 inches wide, dates back 2,700 years. (FBI/Newsflash)

Looted 7th Century BC Artefact Returned To Iraq After Adorning US Museum For 17 Years

US authorities have repatriated a 2,700-year-old artefact stolen from a museum in Iraq 20 years ago. The Iron Age artefact, named 'Furniture Fitting with Sphinx Trampling a Youth', was reportedly…

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Read more about the article Endangered Loggerheads Released Back Into Sea
A Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta Caretta) is returned to the sea in San Clemente, Argentina, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Three Loggerhead sea turtle were rescued from the nets of a fishermen who collaborates with the rescue centre, examined, treated and released. (Mundo Marino/Newsflash)

Endangered Loggerheads Released Back Into Sea

Three endangered loggerhead sea turtles have been returned to the sea after they were rescued from fishing nets off the coast of Argentina. Experts from Fundacion Mundo Marino set the…

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Read more about the article Pet Pooch Guides Rescue Workers To Missing OAP Owner
Picture shows Palomo, a 2-year-old Creole mix-breed dog, waiting for his owner outside a hospital, undated. He he located Gregorio, 84, his missing owner, in an unpopulated area, in Moctezuma, Mexico, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (@fgjesonora/Newsflash)

Pet Pooch Guides Rescue Workers To Missing OAP Owner

A pet pooch helped rescue workers find its owner after he had been missing for several days. Gregorio, 84, had left his home in Moctezuma, north-western Mexico, on Sunday, 27th…

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Read more about the article Artefact Dating Back Over 1,000 Years Among 50 Handed In To Embassies
Photo shows one of the artefacts that were recovered by Mexico's embassies and consulates abroad, undated photo. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico/Newsflash)

Artefact Dating Back Over 1,000 Years Among 50 Handed In To Embassies

These are some of the 50 pre-Hispanic artefacts that have been returned to Mexico after being handed over to the country's embassies around the world – including one piece that…

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Read more about the article Ancient Hebrew Fragment Dating Back To Solomon’s Temple Returned To Israel
Photo shows the conservation of the papyrus in the Israel Antiquities Authority Scrolls Conservation Laboratory, undated photo. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Ancient Hebrew Fragment Dating Back To Solomon’s Temple Returned To Israel

This rare and previously unknown papyrus dating back thousands of years to Solomon's Temple has been repatriated to Israel where it is joining the country's collection of Dead Sea Scrolls…

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Read more about the article How Tragic WWII Hero Returned From Battle But Was Murdered In His Own Home
Chelsey Brown, 29, from New York, explains what she's learnt about old WW2 letters she has obtained in 2022, in undated footage. Ms. Brown stated that she usedMyHeritage.comto find the war and census records, as well as the descendants. (@citychicdecor/Newsflash)

How Tragic WWII Hero Returned From Battle But Was Murdered In His Own Home

A woman has shared a heartbreaking story of how a WWII hero's love letters to his wife were found in the same house he lived and was murdered in. Chelsey…

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Read more about the article Looted Benin Bronzes Returned By Germany
One of the first two artifacts that were returned to Nigeria representing a memorial head of a king dating back to the 18th century, III C. (Ethnological Museum of the Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage, Martin Franken/Newsflash)

Looted Benin Bronzes Returned By Germany

German authorities have returned the first of a treasure trove of bronzes looted from West Africa during the colonial era. The sculptures - known as the Benin Bronzes - were…

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