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a href= http://www.VMFA.museum target= _blank The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts /a announced that the museum has deaccessioned and returned 44 work

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts cooperated in an investigation that determined each of the 44 objects had been stolen, looted or trafficked

Museum returns works after an investigation by New York Citys Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security.

Museum returns works after an investigation by New York Citys Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security.

Museum returns works after an investigation by New York Citys Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security.

Museum returns works after an investigation by New York Citys Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security.

The statue, about two metres long and around 250kg in weight, was recognised as a World Heritage by the United Nations’ cultural organisation (UNESCO).

“This stunning coffin was trafficked by a well-organized network that has looted countless antiquities from the region,” said District Attorney Bragg. “We are pleased that this object will be returned to Egypt, where it rightfully belongs.”

As many as six historical artifacts were returned to a Turkish museum on Sunday following an official ceremony, according to Anadolu Agency. Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, US ambassador to Ankara Jeffry Flake, and US assistant district attorney for Manhattan Col

LONDON: An antiques dealer from Lebanon has been accused of smuggling looted artifacts worth millions of dollars into the US. Georges Lofti, 81, who previously assisted the Antiquities Trafficking Unit in exposing an Egyptian golden coffin on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as having been looted during unrest in Egypt in 2011, is also accused by law enforcement