#artifactrepatriation — Public Fediverse posts

Vineyard Gazette: Hawaiian Artifacts on Martha’s Vineyard Head Home. “Three Hawaiian artifacts in the Martha’s Vineyard Museum collection are being returned to the Aloha State as part of an effort to repatriate native items to their home communities. The museum is working through the process of turning over a wooden canoe, a grass skirt and tapa cloth, and a poi pounder that were acquired in […]

U.S. Returns Ancient Coins and Marble Statue of Asclepius to Greece https://www.byteseu.com/1985996/ #AncientCoins #ArtifactRepatriation #AsclepiusStatue #CulturalPreservation #CulturalPropertyAgreement #Greece #GreeceArchaeology #greek #GreekCulturalHeritage #GreekNews #GreekNewsToday #HomelandSecurityInvestigations #StolenAntiquities #USReturnsArtifacts

Manhattan DA: D.A. Bragg Announces The Return Of More Than 650 Antiquities To The People Of India. “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the return of 657 antiquities collectively valued at nearly $14 million to the people of India. The pieces were recovered pursuant to several ongoing investigations into criminal trafficking networks, including those of alleged […]

Daily Sabah: Türkiye receives 1st official repatriation of artifacts from Canada. “In a landmark development for the protection of cultural heritage, Türkiye received its first official repatriation of cultural artifacts from Canada on March 30. The items returned included seven manuscript pages, two rare printed work pages and two modern calligraphy pieces.”

Daily Sabah: Türkiye receives 1st official repatriation of artifacts from Canada. “In a landmark development for the protection of cultural heritage, Türkiye received its first official repatriation of cultural artifacts from Canada on March 30. The items returned included seven manuscript pages, two rare printed work pages and two modern calligraphy pieces.”

Daily Sabah: Türkiye receives 1st official repatriation of artifacts from Canada. “In a landmark development for the protection of cultural heritage, Türkiye received its first official repatriation of cultural artifacts from Canada on March 30. The items returned included seven manuscript pages, two rare printed work pages and two modern calligraphy pieces.”

Daily Sabah: Türkiye receives 1st official repatriation of artifacts from Canada. “In a landmark development for the protection of cultural heritage, Türkiye received its first official repatriation of cultural artifacts from Canada on March 30. The items returned included seven manuscript pages, two rare printed work pages and two modern calligraphy pieces.”

Daily Sabah: Türkiye receives 1st official repatriation of artifacts from Canada. “In a landmark development for the protection of cultural heritage, Türkiye received its first official repatriation of cultural artifacts from Canada on March 30. The items returned included seven manuscript pages, two rare printed work pages and two modern calligraphy pieces.”

AFP: France returns smuggled dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia. “France on Monday handed over a 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia, which was looted from the Gobi Desert and seized by French customs, as the Asian country seeks to recover lost relics.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/10/afp-france-returns-smuggled-dinosaur-skeleton-to-mongolia/

Associated Press: Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past. “The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/15/associated-press-pope-returns-62-artifacts-to-indigenous-peoples-from-canada-as-part-of-reckoning-with-colonial-past/

Greek Reporter: Greece Repatriates 29 Ancient Artifacts From New York, Spanning 5,000 Years of Heritage. “Twenty-nine invaluable Greek artifacts spanning roughly 5,000 years have been repatriated to Greece following a handover ceremony at the Consulate General of Greece in New York.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/06/greek-reporter-greece-repatriates-29-ancient-artifacts-from-new-york-spanning-5000-years-of-heritage/