On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa disappeared from the Louvre in Paris. More than two years would pass before the painting was recovered in Italy, but the extraordinary publicity surrounding its disappearance helped turn an already...
Italy has recovered three paintings worth more than $10 million that were stolen during a nighttime heist at a private museum near Parma, police said Friday.
The Carabinieri's art recovery unit said searches ordered by prosecutors led to the recovery...
Dutch authorities on Thursday announced the recovery of a 2,500-year-old golden helmet stolen from a museum in the Netherlands, along with two ancient gold bracelets loaned from Romania.
The Helmet of Cotofenesti, a 5th-century BC Dacian artifact, was taken in...
Stolen items from the British Museum's collection have been put up on eBay, one of the world's largest online marketplaces. Artifacts, including those from the time of Ancient Rome, were sold for $50, although their real price reaches $65,000.
Among...
The British Museum had to fire a member of staff and has laid out some "emergency measures" after items were stolen.
The goods that disappeared include gold jewelery and semiprecious gems and glass that range in date from the 15th...
International Archaeology Day, celebrated on October 16 every year, is a time to take stock of the pieces of looted art and antiquities from all around the world that are still missing and consider how much of our global...
Noted British sculptor and former Trustee of the British Museum Sir Antony Gormley came out for the return of the Parthenon Marbles on Wednesday, saying "I would be happy to return them."
In an interview with the magazine British Archaeology,...
Greek professor Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis, who has been previously profiled in Greek Reporter for his relentless pursuit of art thieves, has once again stopped what would have been another theft of a priceless piece of Greek history.
A Greek wine...
