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'Special day' as artefacts collected from Groote Eylandt 70 years ago returned to Anindilyakwa
Groote Eylandt's Indigenous communities celebrate the return of 174 artefacts from the Manchester Museum, saying the move has encouraged them to start making and using them again.
British Museum seeks help to recover missing and stolen treasures
The British Museum launches a public hotline asking for help to locate some 2,000 missing artefacts, revealing they were mostly ancient Greek and Roman gems and jewellery.
UK museum hands back more than 150 Indigenous artefacts
Community members travelled across the world to attend an emotional handover ceremony.
Global mission to return Cambodia's stolen $2.3m artefacts
The National Gallery of Australia has handed 3 rare bronze statues back to Cambodia, after an investigation found compelling evidence they'd been looted.
The role of the sari in telling women's stories
The sari is worn by women all over the world, but it’s much more than just a piece of clothing. India Now looks at the role the sari plays in telling women’s stories.
Clarice Beckett exhibition opens in Geelong
Geelong Gallery are holding an exhibition showcasing Clarice Beckett's work. Coinciding with the 100 year anniversary of her first exhibition,
the show promises visitors a new interaction with her landscapes .
As floodwaters rose in an Indigenous community, art centre staff raced to save repatriated artefacts
Amid the devastation of the NT's flood zone, quick action by art centre staff saves Aboriginal artefacts that had just been repatriated to their community.
Cultural objects sent back to Mexico after seizure in Australia
The Australian Border Force intercepted the painting and small bowl when they arrived in Australian last year.
Switzerland gives 2,500-year-old stone head sculpture back to Peru
Switzerland hands a large stone-carved head back to Peru, where it was sculpted around 2,500 years ago by one of the country's earliest civilisations, the culture office said.
Israel probes legality of US giving 2,700-year-old artefact back to Palestinians
An ivory spoon dating back 2,700 years that was recently repatriated to the Palestinian Authority from the United States sparks a dispute with Israel's new far-right government over cultural heritage in the occupied West Bank.
Calls for British Museum to return 'icon of Egyptian identity'
Thousands of Egyptians are calling on the British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone, which enabled 19th-century scholars to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
WWII bombs and 1920s physical culture program unearthed during Sydney home renovation
The discovery of likely WWII mortar shells beneath a Sydney home may have brought out the bomb squad, but the unearthing of a 1920s physical culture program is shedding light on the sport's Australian evolution.
For 59 years, the invaluable Yirrkala Bark Petitions hung on someone's wall, now the Yolgnu welcome its return
Northern Territory traditional owners travel to a small Kimberley town to recover a piece of Aboriginal heritage after it spent 59 years unaccounted for.
Before-and-after satellite images capture damage to 200 Ukraine historic sites
The United Nations' cultural and satellite agencies join forces to systematically track the impact of Russia's invasion on Ukraine's architecture, art, historic buildings and other cultural heritage.
Archeologists unearth 2,700-year-old rock carvings at site bulldozed by Islamic State fighters
US and Iraqi archaeologists working to reconstruct a site bulldozed by Islamic State group fighters have unearthed extraordinary 2,700-year-old rock carvings among the ruins.
The mystery of how this boxing kangaroo found its way to an Irish club
Almost 40 years since Australia II won the America's Cup, the location of a piece of team memorabilia — a boxing kangaroo flag — is still unknown, but its search has unearthed a mystery on the other side of the world.
Easter Island blaze chars famous moai statues
A forest fire has torn through part of Easter Island, charring some of its fabled monumental carved stone figures, known as moai.