Collector Surrenders ‘Nude Emperor’ Statue Identified as Looted

The statue and a marble head of a Greek orator seized from the Met Museum were among dozens of items found to have been ...
Jurist

New York Metropolitan Museum returns smuggled ancient statues to Thailand

Thailand’s National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony on Tuesday for two ancient statues illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British antiquities collector and returned from the collection of ...
CNN

The Metropolitan Museum of Art to return more than a dozen ancient artworks following alleged links to looted art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen Southeast Asian sculptures after they were linked to a late art dealer accused of trafficking artifacts looted from the region, according ...
Artnet News

U.S. Returns Dozens of Stolen Artifacts to Turkey, Including Long-Contested Bronze Statue

The U.S. has returned dozens of looted sculptures to Turkey, including a 2,000-year-old bronze statue surrendered by its ...
NPR

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...