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Forgotten Mausoleum of Roman Emperor Augustus Reborn

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, history, Italy, monuments, tourism

A newly renovated colossal mausoleum for the founder of the Roman empire Augustus has reopened to the public in the Italian capital after centuries of neglect.

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Arts Criminal International 

Louvre Recovers 16th-Century Armor, Four Decades After Theft

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
antiques, artifacts, France, history, museums, Police, theft

The Louvre museum in Paris said Wednesday that it had recovered a set of gold and silver-encrusted Renaissance-era armor nearly 40 years after it was stolen.

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Appeals Regional 

The Alamo

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 BRIEF
artifacts, construction, history, Texas

An appeals court in Texas rejected the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association’s request to halt renovations at the historic site, which contains a mission cemetery and physical remains of those at the Battle of the Alamo, finding there is no “active threat” to any human remains and the association did not explain how the current archeological plan is inadequate.

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Science 

Ancient Bone Fragment Holds Clues on How Dogs Got to North America

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 MADELINE REYES
Alaska, artifacts, dogs, history, Research

A bone fragment discovered in southeast Alaska reveals the earliest confirmed domesticated dog in the Americas.

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Criminal International Religion 

Singapore Hindu Temple Priest Charged in $1.5M Gold Pawning Case

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, hindu, Singapore, theft

The former chief priest of Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple has been charged with repeatedly pawning gold religious ornaments for a total of $1.5 million, court officials said Wednesday.

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International Science 

Ancient Bone Sheds Light on Slav Alphabet History

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Czech Republic, history, language

An inscribed cow bone dating back to the seventh century proves that Germanic runes were the oldest script ever used by the ancient Slavs, Czech scientists said Thursday.

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Criminal Government International 

San Francisco Museum Agrees to Return Thai Relics

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 MARIA DINZEO
artifacts, Justice Department, Thailand

A settlement with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco ensures that two ancient temple lintels will be returned to Thailand after they were exported to the United States.

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Science 

Golden-Tongued Egyptian Mummies Discovered Near Alexandria

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Egypt

CAIRO (AFP) — An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission working near Alexandria has discovered mummies from around 2,000 years ago bearing golden-tongued

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International Religion Science 

By Sea of Galilee, Archaeologists Find Ruins of Early Mosque

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
artifacts, history, Islam, Israel, mosque

Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque — believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam — during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias.

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Criminal International Regional 

Ancient Coins Returned After Italy Church Confession

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Catholic, churches, Italy, theft

More than 200 ancient coins were returned Thursday to a museum in southern Italy by a priest who was told about the theft in confession.

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Science 

Ancient Copper Findings Shed Light on Origins of Money

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 NINA PULLANO
artifacts, currency, history, Research

Copper objects discovered in Central Europe present the earliest known standardized currency, hinting at money’s earliest origins.

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Arts Criminal International 

‘Priceless’ Haul of Over 27,000 Artifacts Seized in France

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, France, history, treasure

French authorities have seized a “priceless” haul of over 27,000 archaeological artifacts ranging from Bronze Age bracelets to Roman coins that had been secretly amassed by a single person in the east of the country, customs said Wednesday.

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Arts Entertainment International 

Rebuilt Prussian Palace, Scarred by History, Opens in Berlin

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Germany, history, museums, treasure

A reconstructed Prussian palace will open in Berlin on Wednesday as a museum complex housing colonial artifacts, just as debate is gathering pace around the return of treasures plundered from abroad.

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Arts Government International 

Shackleton Expedition Artifacts to Be Donated to UK Museums

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
artifacts, exports, museums, United Kingdom

A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artifacts in the U.K.

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Government International Religion 

Bavaria to Leave Medieval Anti-Jewish Sculptures on Churches

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
anti-Semitism, artifacts, churches, Germany, history

Authorities, churches and Jewish communities in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria have agreed that anti-Semitic statues and carvings dating back to the Middle Ages shouldn’t be removed from churches, an official said Tuesday.

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Appeals Arts International 

Treasure Sold During Holocaust Fought Over at High Court

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO
artifacts, history, Holocaust, jurisdiction, museums, U.S. Supreme Court, World War II

A yearslong battle over a medieval collection sold to the Nazis in 1935, now estimated to be worth a quarter of a billion dollars, brought the heirs of Jewish art dealers to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

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International Science 

Painstaking Race Against Time to Uncover Viking Ship’s Secrets

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, history, Norway, shipping

Inch by inch, they gently pick through the soil in search of thousand-year-old relics. Racing against onsetting mold yet painstakingly meticulous, archeologists in Norway are exhuming a rare Viking ship grave in hopes of uncovering the secrets within.

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International Science 

Excavators Find Rare, Ancient Gold Coins in Jerusalem’s Old City

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Gold, Israel

Israeli archeologists have discovered four pure gold coins in Jerusalem’s Old City that were minted more than 1,000 years ago, a rare find from an era of political upheaval in the region.

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Environment International 

Saving Angkor Wat: Cambodia’s Ninja Gardeners Tame Jungle Growth

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Asia, Cambodia, parks, plants

Stacking a ladder against the towering spires of Cambodia’s archaeological marvel Angkor Wat, Chhoeurm Try gingerly scales the temple’s exterior to hack away foliage before it damages the ancient facade.

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Arts Science 

Bison Engravings in Spanish Cave Reveal Common Art Culture Across Europe

October 28, 2020October 29, 2020 MADELINE REYES
animals, artifacts, history, Spain

Researchers have discovered never-before-seen rock art hidden in the caves of northern Spain, filling in some previous blanks about Paleolithic humans and confirming that a cultural art style was used widely throughout what is now Europe approximately 25,000 years ago.

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