Sew La Ti Embroidery: 06/03/16

Syria: Turkey not returning smuggled artefacts to Syria

Ankara refused to cooperate with Damascus on returning of ancient artifacts smuggled by the Islamic State (IS) militant group from Syria through Turkey, the head of Syria's Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) told Sputnik on Friday.According to Maamun Abdel Karim, statues, paintings, artifacts and ancient mosaic…
South Asia: Looted Indian statue recovered

A stolen bronze Indian religious relic worth an estimated $1 million was recovered Wednesday by federal customs agents as part of a continuing investigation into a former New York-based art dealer.The item recovered this week is a Chola-period bronze representing a Tamil poet and saint that dates to the 11th or 12th centuries[Cre…
Near East: UNESCO condemns destruction at Palmyra

Condemning the destruction of archaeological treasures from the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra as a “perverse…new attempt to break the bonds between people and their history,” the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today called on the international community, including the art mar…

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