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Museum employees unpack a carved stone panel after Syrian authorities unveiled antiquities returned from France at the National Museum in Damascus, Syria, July 8, 2026.(AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 10, 2026, 11:48 am
France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties
Artifacts flown to Damascus aboard Macron’s presidential aircraft include Roman bronze objects, Byzantine and Islamic-era pieces, mosaic panel that once adorned the Umayyad Mosque
By AP
The entrance to the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau with the lettering 'Arbeit macht frei' ('Work sets free') is pictured in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 25, 2015, days before the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Russian forces. (Joël Saget / AFP)
November 18, 2025, 3:38 am
German auction house cancels ‘shameless’ sale of concentration camp artifacts
Auction called off after protest from group of Holocaust survivors, which along with Poland’s FM calls for the items to be placed in a museum
By Shira Li Bartov
A visitor looks at ancient mosaics on display at the National Museum of Syria in Damascus, May 23, 2025. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
November 11, 2025, 8:23 pm
Roman era-statues and other historic artifacts stolen from Syria’s national museum
After reopening in January following the fall of Assad, National Museum of Damascus reports six marble statues missing as police launch investigation
By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE
Boris Gorbis has amassed what may be the world’s largest collection of mid-century Zionist souvenirs. (Asaf Elia-Shalev/JTA)
August 11, 2025, 2:07 am
Inside one man’s quixotic quest to preserve 200,000 Israeli tchotchkes
Boris Gorbis spent a lifetime scouring garage sales, thrift shops and eBay for discarded souvenirs from the Jewish state’s early days. Now, he’s determined to secure their future
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Illustrative: Sellers attend to customers in a street market in Eminonu commercial district in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
August 15, 2023, 2:23 pm
Israeli man arrested in Turkey for allegedly stealing ancient artifact
Acre resident reportedly says that he bought the item, which he claims is mass-produced, at a local market for $100
By ToI Staff
Interpol headquarters in Lyon, central France, February 2, 2023. (Interpol via AP)
June 17, 2023, 6:51 am
Interpol seeks Lebanese man suspected of trafficking in looted antiquities
Red Notice issued for Georges Lotfi after US authorities charge him with criminal possession of stolen property, possessing illegal artifacts
By BASSEM MROUE
Dr. Haim Neria with the longest 'ilan' scroll in the world at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, June 11, 2023. (Uri Barkat)
June 12, 2023, 4:11 pm
Israel National Library unveils collection of 36 kabbalistic tree-like ‘maps of God’
At collection opening, NLI says it seeks to illuminate new genre of Jewish research through the ancient scrolls, shed light on mystical teachings for scholars and amateurs
By Charlie Summers
A rare bronze medium denomination coin from the reign of Antigonus Mattathias II (40 BCE - 37 BCE), allegedly illegally excavated, after they were recovered from a suspect's home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, June 7, 2023. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 7, 2023, 7:19 pm
Looted rare coin from last Hasmonean king seized in raid on suspected thief
IAA says coins minted under Antigonus Mattathias II rarest from period; dozens of other ancient coins from Roman to Muslim periods recovered in search of East Jerusalem home
By Michael Horovitz
A clay figure, the decorative end of a candle holder dated to the 6th-7th century, discovered south of the central city of Modiin by the Lavi family, February 18, 2023. (Courtesy of the Lavi family)
February 21, 2023, 6:19 pm
Family comes face to face with 1,400-year-old decorative clay figure
Lavi family finds artifact on hike in central Israel; IAA says Byzantine-era item is a candle holder, finding is ‘typical,’ though not all candles had such ornaments
By Michael Horovitz
Shelby White at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center in 2017. (Raanan Kislev, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 7, 2022, 2:10 pm
Looted artifacts worth millions said seized from US collector, a key donor to Israel
23 works held by philanthropist Shelby White noted in search warrants from June 2021, April 2022; some were returned to Italy and Turkey in recent months
By Michael Horovitz
A detail of a large mosaic that dates back to Roman era is seen in the town of Rastan, Syria, October 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
October 12, 2022, 4:16 pm
Syria unveils ancient Roman mosaic deemed most important find since conflict began
Artifact shown in 4th-century building features rare portrayal of ancient Amazon warriors in Roman mythology; armed groups tried to sell piece in 2017
By Albert Aji
The 1,500 year-old golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones, one of the world's most valuable artifacts from the blood-letting rule of Attila the Hun, is seen in a museum in Melitopol, Ukraine, in November 2020. (AP Photo)
October 9, 2022, 11:11 am
Industrial-scale Russian looting destroys Ukraine’s historical sites and artifacts
Priceless crown from bloody rule of Attila the Hun, snatched by Russian troops in February, among thousands of artifacts stolen or destroyed in what Ukraine deems a huge war crime
By HANNA ARHIROVA
This photo provided by US.Customs and Border Protection shows an ancient Egyptian artifact. Federal agents in Memphis have seized the potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe. (US Customs and Border Protection via AP)
August 28, 2022, 2:39 am
US agents seize potentially 3,000-year-old Egyptian artifact shipped from Europe
Customs and Border Protection officials in Memphis intercept Egyptian jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety; jars used to hold mummies’ internal organs
By AP
The Farber family, adhering to Jewish tradition even after the murder of their 4-year-old daughter Yocheved, continued to use this kosher cooking pot as a symbol of resistance, inscribed in Hebrew: 'In this pot kosher food was cooked in the Vilna ghetto for a girl who was taken to be annihilated.' (Museum of Jewish Heritage/ via JTA)
July 10, 2022, 6:05 am
NYC Holocaust museum uses personal objects to tell story of lives lived and lost
New permanent exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, entitled ‘The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do,’ emphasizes individual human stories from before, during and after World War II
By julia GERGELY
Painted coffins with well-preserved mummies inside, dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 500 B.C, are displayed at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 31, 2022, 8:24 pm
Egypt displays newly discovered ancient artifacts from necropolis of Saqqara
Trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside, as well as 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis
By Agencies
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