Artifacts
Israel's antiquities watchdog tracks stolen history from Jerusalem dealers to US museums
Israel’s antiquities watchdog is battling black-market theft, forgery, and a global trade that strips history of its story
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Ancient sites, modern stakes: The fight to own the West Bank's past - from the editor
Palestinian doctor arrested for smuggling Second Temple-period coins from West Bank to Jerusalem
Polish archaeologists find evidence of legendary king hidden in south Sudan - study
A royal artifact that survived revolution, theft, and decades of exile to return home to Serbia
78-centimeter tall silver candelabrum by goldsmith Anton Kol represents King Milan Obrenović's efforts to create European-style court.
Farmers were digging potatoes - then they found a 3,000-year-old bronze treasure
16 kilograms of ancient metal - offered to the gods or hidden from enemies?
2,000-year-old Greek artifact seized in Jerusalem antique shop raid
A lead weight from 147 BCE—marked by a powerful market official—may tie to a major political dynasty in Edom’s ancient capital.
Smuggled No More: Egypt Reclaims Ancient Artifacts Hidden in Dutch Museums
A group of rare star-incised vessels and knife-shaped pottery has been returned to Cairo, a win in Egypt’s fight against antiquities trafficking.
World’s first supply chain? 400 imported tools at a Kenyan site shift strategic thinking 600K years
"People often focus on the tools themselves but forget that the real innovation was that people brought raw materials from one place to another," said archeologist Rick Potts.
51-year-old Scot caught stealing artifacts from Pompeii
The man could face a summons for trial, with a possible sentence of up to six years in prison and a maximum fine of €1,500.
From Copper Coins to Bone Tools: Kabul Receives Rare Artifacts for Restoration After Decades of War
The Taliban is moving a cache including pottery, metal, glass and ivory pieces, some over 5,000 years old, from a mine.
A 2,800 Years Old Woman’s Footprint from Ararat Exhibited
"The footprint, belonging to a person with shoe size 36, is dated to the Post-Urartian or Late Iron Age period and was discovered in 2018 during excavations in Van."
4,000-year-old handprint discovered on ancient Egyptian 'soul house'
Handprint likely left by ancient potter who moved the clay model before it was dry.
Lost Acropolis piece returns to Athens
Chilean citizen returned the fragment, moved by Greece's struggle to reclaim the Parthenon Sculptures.
