Picture shows some of the artefacts that were returned, undated. The artefacts with an estimated value of over 20 million dollars, were repatriated to Rome, Italy from the United States, where they had been marketed by traffickers. (Emanuele Antonio Minerva/Newsflash)

US Returns 60 Stolen Artefacts To Italy With Estimated Value Of GBP 18 Million

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:January 29, 2023

A total of 60 stolen archaeological artefacts valued at nearly GBP 18 million were returned from the United States to Italy following a criminal investigation spanning years. Some of the…

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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

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:December 23, 2022

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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Image shows a sculpture with Idah War scenery, undated photo. The city of Hamburg, Germany returned looted art stolen during British colonial times to Nigeria in September 2022. (MARKK/Newsflash)

German City Returns Art Looted During British Colonial Times That Is Worth Over EUR 58 Million

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:October 4, 2022

German authorities have returned a total of 179 art pieces to Nigeria after they were stolen during British colonial invasions in the former Kingdom of Benin. The decision to deliver…

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The shoe was dropped in the animal's enclosure and the elephant returned it to the child. (2036012325/AsiaWire)

Kind Elephant Returns Child’s Shoe That Fell Into Enclosure

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:September 14, 2022

Kind elephant returns a child's shoe after it fell into its enclosure at a zoo in China. https://youtu.be/IIFD0GANbZk 2036012325/AsiaWire The incident took place at Shendiao Mountain Wildlife World in Xixiakou,…

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Scientists on the PS131 enter an ice floe in the ice edge zone north of Spitsbergen. The Polarstern was expected to arrive at the Lloyd Werft pier in Bremerhaven, Germany, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Vera Schlindwein/Newsflash)

Polarstern Icebreaker Returns To Port After Arctic Research Amid Record Heatwaves

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 23, 2022

The Polarstern icebreaker returned to port in Germany on Wednesday after spending 51 days conducting research in the Arctic amid record heatwaves this summer. The researchers were investigating how increasingly…

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The painting named 'Bild mit Hausern' (Painting with Houses) by Wassily Kandinsky that was handed over to the heirs of the original owners in the Netherlands. (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Newsflash)

Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting Worth Millions To Jewish Heirs After They Sold It To Escape Nazis During WWII

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:March 9, 2022

A museum in Amsterdam has returned a Kandinsky painting worth millions to the descendants of its Jewish owners who had to sell it under duress to escape the Nazis during…

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A bird was captured in the road camera in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil on 4th November 2021. (CCR MSVia/CEN)

Cute Bird Takes Interest In Roadside CCTV Camera In Brazil

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:November 15, 2021

This is the moment a cute fluffy-headed bird takes an interest in a roadside CCTV camera and returns to a different camera on the same motorway over 20 minutes later.…

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The juvenile Nrthern Bald Ibises, a threatened species, followed two foster parents in microlight aircraft from Salzburg/Austria over the Alps and the Apennines to their wintering area Laguna di Orbetello as part of a conservation project

Hope For Endangered Migratory Bird As Female Returns Home To British Foster Mum

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 11, 2021

There may be hope yet for the endangered northern bald Ibis species after this female called Robigus returned home to her British foster mother who lives in Austria. Conservationists are…

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Ever Given's ship returns to Egypt's Suez Canal for the first time since the blocking in March 2021.

Ever Given Container Ship That Blocked Suez Canal Returns For Second Attempt

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 30, 2021

The massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal back in March is set to attempt a second crossing after compensation to the tune of USD 540 million was reportedly…

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Chief Hollow Horn Bear's shirt which was a part of the Weltkulturen Museum in the city of Frankfurt in Germany.

Museum Returns Historic Leather Shirt Of Native American Chief Hollow Horn Bear To Family

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:July 28, 2021

A historic leather shirt that belonged to Native American Brule Lakota leader Hollow Horn Bear has been returned to his family after it was kept in a German museum for…

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