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A 5-year-old accidentally smashed a 3,500-year-old artifact on a museum trip in every parent's worst nightmare
The jar was displayed near the museum entrance without any glass barriers. It dated back to the Bro…
Hannah Abraham
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22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America
Archaeologists debate when the first humans arrived in the Americas. Controversial 22,000-year-old …
Jenny McGrath
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10 ancient artifacts that countries are still fighting over
For centuries, legendary artifacts have been looted, traded, and taken far away from their original…
Yoonji Han
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CCTV footage from a British museum shows thieves on e-scooters making off with Bronze Age artifacts worth $275,000
Cambridgeshire police are investigating the theft of a Bronze Age gold torc neclace and bracelet fr…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Ancient Israeli artifacts intended for an exhibition in Washington in 2019 are stuck at Mar-a-Lago, with Israel struggling to get them back
Israel loaned ancient ceramic candles to the US for a brief exhibition. Almost four years later, th…
Joshua Zitser
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French diver who died in the submersible helped a private company excavate 5,000 artifacts from the Titanic
Paul-Henri Nargeolet spent two decades working with a controversial company with the sole right to …
Hannah Getahun
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The British Museum — which has been accused of stealing artifacts from other countries — said it fired a staff member accused of stealing gold and jewelry
In recent years, activists have reinvigorated a debate around the British Museum's legacy of coloni…
Azmi Haroun
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A woman paid $35 for a bust from Goodwill. It turned out to be a 2,000-year-old Roman artifact.
Antiques dealer Laura Young, who bought the item, later learned it's an ancient artifact that was l…
Celia Fernandez
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Clarence Thomas' benefactor, the billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow, has a collection of Hitler artifacts and Nazi memorabilia: report
"I still can't get over the collection of Nazi memorabilia," an individual who attended an event at…
John L. Dorman
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Trump slammed his hand on his desk and questioned why he 'only got 25% of the Jewish vote' when presented with antique Israeli artifacts, Republican donor says
Trump agreed to return a collection of Israeli ceramic oil lamps that have been in the US for years…
Erin Snodgrass
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A Welsh man uploaded a Facebook video of himself destroying 4,500 year-old rock art. Now, he will get 4 months in prison as officials say the Bronze Age artifact is 'lost forever.'
Julian Baker, 52, lived near the South Wales site of the rock he destroyed. Cadw, the Welsh cultura…
Dan Latu
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A billionaire hedge fund manager is surrendering $70 million worth of illegally smuggled antiquities. See photos of the relics, including a sculpture that was loaned to the Met.
A team of 60 researchers, investigators, and foreign law enforcement officials worked on the case f…
Dominick Reuter
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Egypt revealed an 'Avenue of the Sphinxes' that was buried in sand for thousands of years
The 3,000-year-old promenade connects the Luxor and Karnak temples and is lined with ancient statue…
Jake Epstein
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Europe's severe drought is unearthing ancient artifacts from 'Spanish Stonehenge' to Emperor Nero's bridge
Europe's rivers are drying up due to the worst drought in 500 years, revealing prehistoric monument…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A luxury 2,700-year-old private toilet was discovered in Jerusalem, and researchers say it may have come complete with air fresheners
It has a modern-looking "toilet seat" and may have come complete with ancient air fresheners, the I…
Joshua Zitser
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The stolen ancient tablet seized from Hobby Lobby is finally returning to its home in Iraq 30 years later
An ancient tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby containing part of the 'Epic of Gilgamesh' is returning t…
Heather Schlitz
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Prehistoric Native American artifacts from 6,000 BC were found in a Mississippi alligator's stomach
Fueled by curiosity, Red Antler Processing owner Shane Smith began processing the stomach contents …
Morgan Keith
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8 cultural artifacts the British Empire took from other nations, from the Benin Bronzes to the Koh-i-Noor diamond
From the late 16th century to the 20th century, the British Empire established colonies, dominions,…
Yoonji Han
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250 boxes of Native American remains and artifacts were discovered at University of North Dakota in violation of a decades-old reunification law
An official said that the remains were stored in a way that "just completely disregarded that these…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A bargain hunter paid $35 for a pretty Chinese bowl at a Connecticut yard sale. It turned out to be a 15th Century Ming Dynasty 'lotus bowl' worth $500,000.
It is thought to date back to the reign of the Yongle Emperor, the third ruler of the Ming Dynasty …