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As the recovery of Iraqi cultural treasures and antiquities from abroad continues, the Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, decided on Sunday to return thousands of Iraqi artifacts that Britain had borrowed. A statement issued by the Iraqi Presidency mentioned that a ceremony took place in the Iraqi Embassy in London, …

Iraq has taken a significant step towards preserving its cultural heritage by receiving 6,000 artifacts borrowed from the British Museum for study purposes since 1923. The handover ceremony was attended by the Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities, Ahmed Fakak Al-Badrani, the Iraqi ambassador to London, Jaafar al-Sadr, and …

Cambodian leader Hun Sen unveiled a collection of stolen Angkor crown jewellery on Friday which was recently returned to the kingdom after decades in Britain, pleading for other long-lost treasures to be handed back. Gold crowns, necklaces, and amulets were among the trove of treasures from the Angkor period, which …

Iraq recovered an artifact, dating back nearly 2,700 years, which is believed to have been stolen during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced in a statement that it returned the piece to the Iraqi authorities, which is believed to have been …

The spokesman of Ministers Council and Minister of Culture, Hassan Nadhim, announced that Iraq will restore tomorrow 17,000 antiquities from America and other countries while noting that Iraq is going on to recover the rest of the antiquities from the countries of the world. Nadhim said that the return of …

The British Museum has completed its biggest ever handover of historical artifacts looted in Iraq, a collection of 156 inscribed tablets which had been shipped to the UK, it has been reported. The items mostly dated from between 2100BC and 1800BC, originating from the third Ur dynasty or Old Babylonian …

Iraq’s interior ministry on Tuesday announced the arrest of an alleged Islamic State terrorist member who was involved in the destruction of ancient monuments and artifacts at the Mosul Museum when the terror group controlled the city. A security forces’ unit arrested an “ISIS member who confessed to destroying and …

Ancient artifacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin. The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other Government law enforcement agencies to help to return the seized items, …