WWII boat found in lake headed to museum Fox News senior correspondent Claudia Cowan reports on the WWII Higgins boat that was discovered in Shasta Lake, California and how it’s now being transported to a military museum in Nebraska. The British Museum
European researchers recently discovered several ancient shipwrecks in Greek waters, some of which date back thousands of years. The shipwrecks were discovered in the waters surrounding the island of Kasos, the Greek Ministry of Culture, a government department that preserves the country’s
Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday adopted a non-binding resolution saying Russia should return gold and other valuable heritage items to Romania that were sent to Moscow during World War I for safekeeping, a Romanian lawmaker said. During World War I,
Seven royal artifacts, looted by British colonial forces from Ghana’s Asante kingdom 150 years ago, were returned to the kingdom on Thursday. The artifacts include an elephant tail whisk, an ornamental chair, two gold stool ornaments, a gold necklace and two bracelets.
The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London are returning looted gold and silver artifacts to Ghana through a long-term loan arrangement. This collaboration aims to address increasing demands for the repatriation of treasures acquired during the time of
Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup, valued at around $3.8 million, were stolen from the Museum
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United States on Friday returned to Greece 30 ancient artifacts, including marble statues, armor helmets and breastplates, found to have been illicitly removed from the country, authorities said. The pieces handed over to Greek officials in New
The United States has returned more than 250 ancient artifacts worth millions of dollars to Italy after learning that they had been stolen and sold during the late 1990s by an international network of artifact smugglers. The 266 precious artifacts include pots,
The Netherlands and Indonesia on Monday hailed the return of hundreds of cultural artifacts taken — sometimes by force — during colonial times as a major step forward in restitution efforts worldwide. The items, ranging from valuable jewels to 13th-century temple carvings,
The United States has returned some 80 ancient artifacts, including coins and limestone sculptures, to Cyprus, the Mediterranean island nation’s Department of Antiquities said Tuesday. The antiquities were recovered after U.S. authorities seized them or individual owners decided to hand them back