The remains of one of the largest aristocratic collections is on display to the public in Hungary. The artefacts destroyed during the world war II are slowly being restored but this is the first time the damage remains are being exhibited.

Damaged WWII relics on display for 1st time

After two years of painstaking efforts by the Art Recovery International & the India Pride Project, a 3rd century artefact that was stolen from India has been handed over to the Indian mission in Brussels, Belgium.

Third century Indian artefact to be repatriated from Belgium

29 artefacts have been returned to India by Australia. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspected the antiquities and thanked his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison for taking the initiative to return the antiquities.

Indian PM Modi thanks Morrison after Australia returns 29 artefacts

In a four-month police operation across 28 countries, several priceless artefacts, which include paintings, musical instruments, furniture, ancient coins and statuettes, have been seized, Interpol said on Wednesday.

In four-month police op, several priceless artefacts seized in 28 countries

From the Koh-i-Noor to the Rosetta stone, western museums are filled with colonial loot. They're holding artefacts that were either stolen or taken unfairly. On Gravitas Plus Palki Sharma asks: Do they have any right to keep displaying them?

Gravitas Plus: Western museums must return stolen artefacts

After a century and a half, 13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts have finally returned home. These artefacts were taken in 1868 after the battle of Maqdala between the British and Ethiopian empires.

13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts returned from Britain after 150 years

More than a century after French colonial troops ransacked a West African royal palace and took its treasures, President Emmanuel Macron of France on Wednesday began the formal transfer of 26 of those artefacts to Benin in the first large-scale act of restitution to Africa by a former European colonial power.

Looted treasures begin a long journey home from France

When the Indian government revealed that the US was repatriating 157 antiquities and artefacts (either stolen or smuggled out of India), during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent US visit, it was a significant milestone on many counts, and it offered hope for many more to follow.

Behind the scenes story of how India recovered 157 idols, artefacts from the US

In pictures: 157 artefacts that PM Modi is bringing to India on his way back from US trip

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for New Delhi after completing his historic trip for UN General Assembly, bilateral summit with President Joe Biden and Quad summit, he is also bringing 157 artefacts and antiquities that were handed over by the United States.

PM Modi to bring home 157 Indian artefacts and antiquities from the US

India is aggressively pursuing artefacts stolen from the country in the last century. Will former colonial powers agree to return the loot, or will they keep it locked up in their museums? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Australia to return stolen artefacts to India

Australia's National Gallery said on Thursday that it will return 14 artworks to India at least six of which are believed to have been stolen of illegally exported.

Australia to return 'stolen' artefacts to India

Precious artefacts from Afghanistan’s ancient past were seized from a New York-based art dealer recently, and have now been returned to the government of Afghanistan.

US returns precious relics to Afghanistan after seizing from New York-based smuggler

About 3,700 years ago, a man and a woman were buried together in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Their tomb was an ovoid jar beneath the floor of a grand hall in an expansive hilltop complex known as La Almoloya, in what is now Murcia, Spain.

She was buried with a silver crown. Was she the one who held power?

Archaeological discovery in Egypt 'rewrites history' as we know it!

An Egyptian artefact, missing for decades, was found this month in a cigar box at the Scottish University of Aberdeen by an Egyptian staff member.

Artefact found in Scotland cigar box could unveil mysteries of Great Pyramid 

Fans of some of the biggest blockbusters from the past decades will soon be able to recreate their favourite scenes at home as nearly 1,000 pieces of movie memorabilia go on sale in an online auction.

Brad Pitt's 'Fight Club' jacket, 'Pretty Woman' boots up for sale in memorabilia auction

A Canadian tourist who stole mosaic tiles, parts of an amphora and a ceramics piece from the city of Pompeii 15 years ago, returned them saying they brought "bad luck".

Canadian woman returns artefacts saying they brought 'bad luck'

Diyabanza, a Congolese activist who has lived in France for 20 years, belongs to a pan-African movement that demands France return colonial artifacts it expropriated from its subjugates and recompense for acts of slavery.

Meet the Congolese “seizing” African art from Western museums

Brazil's national museum said on Tuesday that it has recovered 200 pieces from its Egypt collection after a devastating fire eight months ago.

Brazil museum recovers 200 Egypt pieces after fire

Beyond the story of struggle and success, Madhubani art carries in its bosom the promise of free speech

Women's dreams take the form of Madhubani art

India has been struggling to safeguard its rich heritage. It loses thousands of antiques each year to art thieves

Are India's ancient artefacts in safe hands?

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