Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights − an archaeologist describes the day that lesson hit home
As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, and returning to a lab ...
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KEY WEST’S MEL FISHER MARITIME MUSEUM INSTALLS NEW PERMANENT EXHIBIT
In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West, shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the shipwreck and ...
Shipwreck diving in Kingston (that’s Ontario, not Jamaica)
Play passenger on a Titanic-style steamship: Kingston is home to one of the last three Edwardian era passenger steamships in ...
The Anniston Star16d
"Breaking Barriers" Exhibit at Pell City Museum opens Thursday
The people of Pell City will share the personal stories, photographs and artifacts from history starting next week. The second installment of The Museum of Pell City’s Breaking Barriers Series ...
Miami Herald16d
2,500-year-old tombs hold treasure of lost empire in Kazakhstan. See ornate jewelry
2,500-year-old tombs filled with numerous ornate artifacts were recently discovered in Kazakhstan, photos show. Photo from the Atyrau Region's official portal Archaeologists in Kazakhstan recently ...
Lincoln Journal Star17d
Review: Innovative documentary 'Dahomey' examines the return of plundered artifacts to Benin
But it works to set up the second half of the film, which contrasts the official opening of the exhibition of the returned artifacts with an intense discussion by students at the University of ...
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Thieves Blow Out Museum Door to Steal Ancient Artifacts, Including 2,500-Year-Old Gold Helmet
However, the recent theft of a priceless golden artifact from a Dutch museum seems to signal that heists could be coming back in style. The Drents Museum, which is located in the Netherlands ...
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Dacian gold heist: famous Helmet of Coțofenești and priceless artifacts stolen in Dutch Museum robbery
During the night of January 24-25, several artifacts from the Dacia – Empire of Gold and Silver exhibition, highlighting Dacian treasures from Romania, were stolen in an explosive robbery at the ...
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Thieves blow up museum door and steal ancient artifacts, including 2,500-year-old gold helmet
Thieves have stolen four ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet, after using explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands. The daring heist took place at ...
Romania Insider20d
Theft of iconic Romanian ancient artifacts from Dutch museum prompts heated debate
"Multiple individuals," according to the Dutch Police, after consulting the CCTV, used dynamite to enter the museum, took the artifacts, and left the place in three minutes. No human guard was ...
Sky20d
Thieves use explosives to steal Romanian prehistoric artefacts from Dutch museum
Thieves used explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands and steal several Romanian prehistoric artefacts, including a 2,500-year-old gold helmet. They blasted open a door at the Drents ...
Voice of America20d
Indonesia showcases returned artifacts it had sought for decades from Netherlands
The collection is part of more than 800 artifacts that were returned under a Repatriation Agreement signed in 2022 between Indonesia and the Netherlands, said Gunawan, the museum's head of ...