Before the discovery of the more than 50 painted blocks, “the richness of Mannaean civilisation had not been appreciated”, expert says

Dating from the ninth and tenth centuries, the objects are thought to have been looted from sacred sites in the late 1960s

The funerary piece was illicitly excavated from the ancient city of Cyrene which is under threat from property developers

Painstaking reconstruction by multi-agency task force is salvaging what artefacts remain after Islamic State occupation

Plus, the newly discovered Van Gogh is sold and artist Rana Begum on Tess Jaray

After FBI investigation, sculptural antiquity lent by a collector is determined to have a disturbing provenance

Deputies rejected senators' proposal for a national council to advise the government on future restitution claims

Dealers association challenged the campaign’s claims that two newly pictured objects were stolen

The Magdeburg masterpiece may have been burned at the end of hostilities—but some believe it might have been looted and survive

We speak to museum experts András Szántó and Sonia Lawson. Plus, Dan Hicks on the legacy of colonial looting and National Gallery curator Christopher Riopelle on the Polish painter Jan Matejko

Advertisements said that the works were looted in recent years, but Met documentation shows that they have a much longer provenance

International treaty of 1970 has helped establish an ethical basis for the actions of law enforcement and museums

Bénédicte Savoy—co-author of the Sarr-Savoy report that recommends France return its African artefacts—warns of "collective amnesia" over restitution debates that happened 40 years ago

The curator and University of Oxford professor tells us about his new book, The Brutish Museums, which details how museums themselves were “used as a unique type of weapon”

Analysis by German archaeologists suggests that the piece was not part of the Bronze-Age hoard looted in 1999

As the Black Lives Matter movement goes global, museums face renewed demands to restitute artefacts plundered from Africa

The 93-year-old heir Grete Unger Heinz recalls contemplating a Jacopo del Sellaio painting as a child in Vienna

Indictment says the paperwork misrepresented the work’s quality and value

Academics challenge the provenance of the Edo plaque as well as two Igbo alusi figures that sold under estimate for €212,500

Case involves "hundreds of objects worth millions" looted from the Near and Middle East

Heritage group Athar were part of a campaign highlighting the social media giants' “black market in antiquities”

British Museum and Art Loss Register collaborate over recovery of ancient bull decoration that was consigned to an online auction

We look back at the biggest stories of the year

Projects will range from exhibitions about the classical world to conservation and excavations and a book about “heritage and mass atrocities”

Multi-national operation organised by Europol involved police forces from 29 countries

Questions are being raised about how the work ended up in the US and why such a public seizure is being pursued now

The two locks will be buried at the monastery where emperor Tewodros' body was interred

Alexander Khochinsky’s lawyer calls the country’s actions over a €10,000 looted painting “aggressive and disproportionate” and says his client will not get a fair trial in the “illiberal democracy”