10 ancient artifacts that countries are still fighting over

Greece has long called for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum.Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images

• Countries have looted and traded artifacts from one another for centuries.
• Governments and repatriation activists have called for objects' return to their places of origin.

The old adage of "finders, keepers" has been put to the test as countries have called for the return of various ancient artifacts.

For centuries, legendary artifacts have been looted, traded, and taken far away from their original lands. Many of the items housed in cultural institutions like London's British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City were looted from colonized people.

In recent years, governments and repatriation activists have called for the return of internationally-renowned objects like the Rosetta Stone, the Benin Bronzes, and the Parthenon Marbles.

On Friday, the Met announced it will return 16 Khmer sculptures to Cambodia and Thailand. The sculptures were all tied to an art collector who was charged with illegally selling artifacts in 2019.

Here are 10 cultural artifacts that countries are still fighting over.