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Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old sculpture stolen from Egypt during Arab Spring

Egypt requested that the artifact be returned under the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which both it and the Netherlands are beholden to. 

Dutch Education, Culture and Science Gouke Moes and the Egyptian Ambassador to the Netherlands during the formal handover ceremony of the stolen scultpure at the Egyptian embassy in the Hague, February 8, 2026.
'Golden Balls' statue erected over Wigan.

'Golden Balls’: Twenty-foot tall statue of naked man erected over small British town

Shabti figurines inscribed with the name of Pharaoh Shoshenq III, found inside Osorkon II’s tomb at Tanis, northern Egypt.

Possible double-burial of pharaohs in Osorkon II’s tomb, newly discovered statues show

The Grand Egyptian Museum.

Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old Egyptian statue seized in Maastricht


Ohio city vows to take in unwanted statues amid calls to topple them

Calling itself a Statuary Sanctuary City, Newton Falls has promised to be a home for any statues of historical figures with legacies marred by racism or slavery.

A sign reading "Hate Has No Home Here" hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018

Four arrested for damage to Andrew Jackson statue near White House

Dozens of law enforcement officers, led by US Park Police, stormed into the square and scattered protesters.

A protestor wraps chains and ropes around the statue of U.S. President Andrew Jackson, June 22, 2020

Letters to the Editor June 24, 2020: What’s true in Peru

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Trump to issue executive order on toppling US historical monuments

The president first threatened arrest late Monday night when protesters tried and failed to topple a statue of former president Andrew Jackson near the White House.

US President Trump holds photo opportunity in front of St John's Church in Washington

New York's Museum of Natural History to take down iconic Roosevelt statue

The statue has stood at the entrance of the museum since 1940, and depicts Roosevelt on a horse with a black man and a Native American man by his side.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Muslims, Jews petition to remove statue of St. Louis’ crusader namesake

St. Louis is named after King Louis IX, the only French King to be canonized by the Catholic Church, who is considered by the church to be a model Christian monarch.

Statue of King Louis IX in St. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis residents call to change name of town due to antisemitic history

King Louis IX, the first French king canonized by the Catholic Church, burned over 12,000 manuscript copies of the Talmud.

Statue of King Louis IX in St. Louis, Missouri.

America's monument smashing is spinning out of control

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Jerusalem hosts a monument for the Jordanians who fell there during the Six Day War. It’s basic. It’s human. It’s completely removed from politics and ideology.

WORKMEN GET READY to load the toppled Richmond Howitzers Monument, erected in 1892 to commemorate a Confederate artillery unit, onto a truck, after protesters against racial inequality pulled it down in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday.

When statues come down

I admit to initially being puzzled about how the protests related to the attacks on the Columbus statues.

A CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS statue lies on the ground outside the Minnesota State Capitol, after taking a forced nosedive on June 10.

Jews don't need statues to remember our history – opinion

Responses on social media have ranged from calls for a total blanket removal of all statues which offend, to offended outrage from those who are offended by the offense of others.

POLICE OFFICERS surround the statue of Winston Churchill in London’s Parliament Square on June 9.