Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said the “historic homecoming of national treasures” followed years of negotiations between Cambodia’s art restitution team, U.S. federal ...

The historic National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh is being refilled with the nation’s looted riches. Christopher Cameron In February, Cambodia’s lost crown jewels were repatriated.

Cambodian museum staff members prepare an artifact statue as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4 ...

Cambodian museum staff members place an artifact statue as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4 ...

Kong Nay, a blind lute player who endured the horrors of a totalitarian regime, exposed a new generation of Cambodians to their country’s traditional music.

Museum staff members place an artifact as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Museum staff members place an artifact as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Museum staff members place an artifact as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Museum staff members place an artifact as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4, 2024.