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Some 60 years ago, an ancient Olmec sculpture known as the "Earth Monster" was stolen. Last week, it went home to Mexico.
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Wonder Is Everywhere: Buying a Ghost Town, Finding the Earth Monster, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White May 26, 2023
A commemorative head, part of the so-called Benin Bronzes, which were looted from the royal palace in Benin City in 1897. The image was taken in December 2022 in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, when the piece and several other objects were formally repatriated from Germany to their homeland.
science

Are the Benin Bronzes Made From German Brass—And Does It Matter?

The famous West African artworks, long at the center of repatriation debates, were made from materials sourced in Rhineland.
Gemma Tarlach April 5, 2023
The limestone cave of Paviland, in southern Wales, where an ancient, ochre-stained skeleton was discovered in 1823.
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Who Was the Red Lady of Paviland?

The 33,000-year-old skeleton was taken from Wales two centuries ago—is it time for the bones to go home?
Ffion Reynolds and Jacqui Mulville March 20, 2023
A 1902 illustration of battling dryptosaurs.
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Wonder Is Everywhere: Lost Dinosaurs, 5,000-Year-Old Leftovers, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White February 15, 2023
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Podcast: Benin Bronzes

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 3, 2022
During a 2012 restitution ceremony at Quai Branly museum in Paris, black fabric and silver fern leaves cover 20 preserved Maori heads.
museums

Trapped in Museums for Centuries, Maori Ancestors Are Coming Home

New Zealand’s repatriation program brings human remains back and lays them to rest.
Ye Charlotte Ming January 14, 2021
Harvard University's Peabody Museum was one of many museums that once used pesticides on Native American cultural objects.
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Museums Once Coated Native Cultural Objects in Toxic Pesticides

Before you can decolonize a museum collection, you may need to decontaminate it.
Lorraine Boissoneault July 9, 2020
The cuneiform tablets were taken from Ur in Iraq in the early 20th century.
archaeology

After a Century Abroad, a Collection of Cuneiform Is Heading Home to Iraq

Some will remain in Philly, but only because they might be too fragile for the trip.
Isaac Schultz December 3, 2019
Duluwat Island, now officially back in the hands of the Wiyot Tribe.
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How the Wiyot Tribe Won Back a Sacred California Island

The tribe finally completed a ceremony interrupted by a massacre in 1860.
Sabrina Imbler November 15, 2019
The 15th-century stone cross will be returned to Namibia this August.
geology

Germany Will Return a 15th-Century Cross to Namibia

The 11-foot, 1.1-ton cross could once be glimpsed from the ocean.
Sabrina Imbler May 21, 2019
Moai sculptures on Rapa Nui.
museums

Norway Will Finally Return Thousands of Artifacts to Easter Island

Sculptures, weapons, and human skulls will soon go back to the South Pacific.
Sabrina Imbler April 8, 2019
Celebrants bearing a portrait of Tewodros at the handing-off ceremony.
museums

Locks of an Ethiopian Emperor's Hair Are Returning Home From London

Years after having been taken from his dead body after a brutal defeat.
Noor Al-Samarrai March 21, 2019