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Israel having trouble getting back antiquities loaned to White House
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Wanted: Ancient ceramic oil lamps from Israel. Last seen on loan to the White House and suspected to be at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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PM Modi thanks USA for return of trafficked artefacts
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked the US government for returning 105 trafficked antiquities.
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Roman era Sarcophagus unearthed in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The sarcophagus is made of lead and is believed to have been made for a prominent person, according to an official from Gaza’s Hamas-run Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
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"It is significant": MET museum curator on artefacts being repatriated to
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Curator for South Asian Work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) John Guy on Tuesday (local time) called the repatriation of artefacts to India by the museum "significant" and added that in present times, the understanding of the cultural properties is more nuanced.
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We have been working to return art that needs to be in India: US Envoy Gar
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"We have been working as an embassy in the US government on returning the art that needs to be in India," Garcetti told ANI.
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Indian consulate in New York holds repatriation ceremony for 105 trafficke
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Indian Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu while speaking on the occasion, thanked the US side, in particular Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg and his Anti-Trafficking Unit and the Homeland Security Investigation team for their stellar cooperation and support.
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Around 150 artifacts expected to be returned by US in next 3-6 months: Min
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The third G20 Culture Group (CWG) meet began in Hampi, Karnataka, on Sunday, and, in a media briefing on the event, Mohan said the 3rd Culture Working Group Meeting under India's G20 presidency would be hosted by the city from July 9 to 12.
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US government has decided to return over 100 antiquities of India that wer
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Prime Minister said, "These antiquities of Indian origin had reached the international market through right or wrong paths, but America's decision to return them to India shows the emotional bond between the two nations."
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Woman walking on Israeli beach finds 3,000 year-old figurine
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A 74-year-old woman strolling on Israel's Palmahim beach south of Tel Aviv found a 3,000-year-old figurine of an Egyptian goddess which she turned over to grateful archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Israeli authorities investigating antiquities theft discover Roman-era bur
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The operation took place in Kfar Mashhad, where a burial cave containing several intricately decorated stone coffins, dating back approximately 1,850 years, was found.
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2,000-Year-Old financial record unearthed on Jerusalem's pilgrimage road
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a remarkable financial record dating back 2,000 years on the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, Jerusalem's main thoroughfare during the Second Temple period.
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2,000-year-old financial record unearthed on Jerusalem's pilgrimage road
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The inscription, found on a small stone tablet engraved with letters and numbers, is believed to be a receipt or payment instruction related to commercial transactions during the Second Temple period
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