THE ARCHIVE BY COUNTRY
Published reports from our archive, newest first.
A country may refer to the theft, recovery, return or legal proceedings. A case can be linked to more than one country.
3 reports
UNESCO documents reconstruction of Mosul’s damaged heritage — artwork or case documentation from the linked image source. Image source ↗
UNESCO described reconstruction of the Al-Nouri Mosque, Al-Hadba Minaret and Al-Saa’a Convent after wartime destruction. The report concerns built heritage and cultural recovery, not the recovery of a stolen portable artwork.
The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet; AP / The Guardian Image source ↗
The US Justice Department announced the return of the cuneiform tablet, which entered the US unlawfully and was marketed using false provenance.
The British Museum formally handed eight antiquities to the Iraqi embassy in London after tracing them to Tello, ancient Girsu. London police had seized the objects in 2003. The returned group included Sumerian inscriptions and stamp seals. The image shows an inscribed mace-head fragment from the group.
