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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


'Hercules of Valdelsa': 1700-year-old Roman statue found in Montaione, Florence

The statue is over 50 centimeters tall, headless, and can be reassembled from three matching fragments.

Tuscany, Italy.

Cleveland Museum returns smuggled Marcus Aurelius statue to Turkey after 65 years

The Manhattan DA and US Homeland Security deemed Turkey’s request valid and seized the statue from the Cleveland Museum of Art.

 Cleveland Museum returns smuggled Marcus Aurelius statue to Turkey after 65 years.

Statue of Aphrodite and Eros riding a dolphin found in Turkey's Perge

The two-meter-high Aphrodite is depicted sitting on a dolphin alongside the god Eros.

 Statue of Aphrodite and Eros riding a dolphin found in Turkey's Perge.

Police suspect crime after 2,000-year-old statue found by Thessaloniki garbage bins

The Greek police's Organized Crime Unit opened a preliminary investigation into how the statue came to be dumped.

 Police suspects involvement of organized crime: Man finds 2,000-year-old Hellenistic marble statue near garbage bins in Thessaloniki.

Netflix musical 'Emilia Perez' leads Oscar nominations

Walt Disney's ABC will broadcast the event, and comedian Conan O'Brien will host.

 Finished mounted Oscar Statuettes are seen at the Polich Tallix foundry in Walden, New York, US, January 25, 2018

Does the 'Grave Naiskos' statue show an ancient Greek using a laptop?

Experts clarify the object is a shadow box used in funerary practices.

 Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant, about 100 BCE.

Archaeologists discover 2,000 fragmented bronze statues in ancient Metropolis 'junkyard'

"For our profession, these are extraordinary finds," said Professor Aybek, head of the excavation at the ancient city.

 Archaeologists discover 2,000 fragmented bronze statues in ancient Metropolis 'junkyard'.

Hancock claims a lost civilization built Easter Island's statues 11,000+ years ago

Hancock argues that Polynesian settlers encountered a pre-existing population, evidenced by banana remains from at least 3,000 years ago.

 Graham Hancock's new theory claims a lost civilization built the Easter Island statues more than 11,000 years old.

Rare life-sized statue of a senior general found in China's Terracotta Army

"Based on its location, we believe this figure was likely the highest-ranking military commander of this unit."

 Rare life-sized statue of a senior general found in China's Terracotta Army.

Gas workers stumble upon remarkable Hermes statue near Acropolis

The statue resembles the type known as the Ludovisi Hermes, which typically portrays a youthful, beardless Hermes with a thoughtful, almost sorrowful expression.

 The statue resembles the type known as the Ludovisi Hermes.