Read more about the article Mystery Over Stolen Egyptian Sarcophagus Made Of Gold And Sold To Metropolitan Museum Of Art In NYC Solved In Hamburg
The gilded Coffin lid for the Priest Nedjemankh from the late Ptolemaic Period (150–50 B.C.) in Egypt. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/Newsflash)

Mystery Over Stolen Egyptian Sarcophagus Made Of Gold And Sold To Metropolitan Museum Of Art In NYC Solved In Hamburg

The mystery surrounding a stolen ancient golden Egyptian sarcophagus that was sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City using forged export documents has been solved with…

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Read more about the article Final Piece Of 17th Century Tapestry Stolen 42 Years Ago By Notorious Art Thief Erik The Belgian Recovered By Spanish Cops
Spanish police have recovered the last piece of a 17th-century tapestry 'The Apoteosis of the Arts', stolen 42 years ago from the Santo Domingo church in Castrojeriz, by the art thief known as Eric the Belgian. (Newsflash)

Final Piece Of 17th Century Tapestry Stolen 42 Years Ago By Notorious Art Thief Erik The Belgian Recovered By Spanish Cops

Cops in Spain have recovered the last part of a valuable 17th century Flemish tapestry stolen from a Spanish church by notorious art thief Erik 'The Belgian' in 1980. The…

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Read more about the article Two Illustrations By Salvador Dali Worth GBP 300K Each Stolen From Barcelona Flat
The two paintings 'Vino rancio' and 'Las Sardanas de la fiesta mayor' made in 1922. (Newsflash)

Two Illustrations By Salvador Dali Worth GBP 300K Each Stolen From Barcelona Flat

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Two Salvador Dali charcoal drawings valued at around GBP 251,000 each have been stolen from a private collection in Barcelona. The alleged robbery took place at an apartment in the…

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Read more about the article Stolen Relic Of Saint Recovered After Disappearing In Theft In Germany Four Years Ago
The arm reliquary stolen from the sacrament chapel in Kevelaer in October 2017, seized by the police in France. (Sankt Marien Kevelaer/Newsflash)

Stolen Relic Of Saint Recovered After Disappearing In Theft In Germany Four Years Ago

This stolen relic, believed to contain a bone belonging to a saint who died in 1597, that disappeared from a confessional chapel in Germany four years ago has been recovered…

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Read more about the article Rare Street Sign From Austrian Village Named F***ing Goes On Display In Museum After Being Stolen Repeatedly By Pranksters
The street sign of the village of Fucking, before it was renamed to Fugging.

Rare Street Sign From Austrian Village Named F***ing Goes On Display In Museum After Being Stolen Repeatedly By Pranksters

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A rare street sign from the Austrian village of 'Fucking' which changed its name to Fugging because they kept being stolen is going on display at a museum in Vienna.…

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Read more about the article Icelandic Museum Receives German Package In Post Containing Artefacts Stolen In 1970
Some of the items that came from Germany in the Skagafjordur Heritage Museum in Iceland in August 2021, that disappeared over 50 years ago

Icelandic Museum Receives German Package In Post Containing Artefacts Stolen In 1970

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Workers at an Icelandic museum were left stunned when several artefacts stolen in 1970 suddenly arrived in the post. The package was addressed to the Skagafjorour Heritage Museum in Glaumbaer…

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Read more about the article Victoria Kennedy Residence In Vienna Burgled And 400 Year Old Flemish Tapestry Worth GBP 593,000 Stolen
The 400-year-old tapestry estimated at EUR 700,000 (GBP 593,000) that was stolen from the US embassy in the Austrian capital Vienna.

Victoria Kennedy Residence In Vienna Burgled And 400 Year Old Flemish Tapestry Worth GBP 593,000 Stolen

Police have started a search after a 400-year-old Flemish tapestry estimated at GBP 593,000 was stolen from the premises of the US embassy in Austria's capital Vienna where Victoria Kennedy…

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Read more about the article UNESCO Abbey Portrayed In Umberto Ecos Name Of The Rose Gets Mollusc Shell Collection Stolen By Gestapo Returned
The valuable collection of mollusk shells that was stolen by Nazis in 1941.

UNESCO Abbey Portrayed In Umberto Ecos Name Of The Rose Gets Mollusc Shell Collection Stolen By Gestapo Returned

A spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Benedictine abbey that was once plundered by the Gestapo has received back a long-lost collection of Mollusc shells 80 years after they were stolen from…

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Read more about the article Woman Saved 600 Stolen Pet Dogs That Were To Be Slaughtered And Sold For Dog Meat In China
More than 600 dogs were seized from a truck that was allegedly transporting them to be slaughtered for meat in the city of Dazhou in the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan on 11th March.

Woman Saved 600 Stolen Pet Dogs That Were To Be Slaughtered And Sold For Dog Meat In China

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This is the moment when more than 600 dogs that were stolen to be slaughtered for dog meat were rescued from a truck and taken to safety. The 52-year-old woman,…

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