Looted art
From the archive (1993): Where is the looted Kwer'ata Re'esu, the most revered icon of the Ethiopian empire?
As a touring exhibition, African Zion—The Sacred Art Of Ethiopia, opened in the United States in 1993, a scholar of Ethiopian history asked what had become of the country's most important painting of all
The creation of a Russian-German Commission for the return of works of art: The Russian will to return war booty exists, the necessary laws do not
Long delays are foreseeable as approaches to restitution vary in both countries
Looted Bremen drawings on show at the Hermitage in June
About 150 items from the collection will be displayed at the exhibition
Hermitage to exhibit Bremen Old Master drawings
Director does not foresee restitution to Germany
Germany celebrates the return of the Quedlinburg Gospels from the secret hoard of a Texas G.I.
The looted manuscript has now been fully reproduced and described
US returns bell taken as trophy of war to Japan
The temple bell was taken from a Japanese island by American marines at the end of World War II
How forces invading Iraq neglected to make provisions for heritage sites
Unlike in World War II, no commission exists to advise the military
French war booty surfaces in East Berlin
The Musées de France knew about it for nearly twenty years
Iran imposes capital punishment for illicit exportation of antiquities
This legislation may come to late, as several archaeological sites have already been looted, and their content distributed throughout the international market