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stolen art

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A sculpted head believed to depict a high-ranking official from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III from the 15th century BCE, seized by Dutch police at TEFAF in Maastricht in 2022.
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Ancient 3,500-year-old statue stolen from Luxor during Arab Spring returned to Egypt
6 February 2026 - 10:23
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A sculpted head believed to depict a high-ranking official from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III from the 15th century BCE, seized by Dutch police at TEFAF in Maastricht in 2022.
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Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old Egyptian sculpture likely looted during Arab Spring
2 November 2025 - 16:25
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One of three golden bracelets stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen on 25 January 2025
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Reward for tips that lead to stolen Romanian art pieces being found raised to €250,000
12 February 2025 - 16:11
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Politie patch on a Dutch police officer's uniform
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Robbers trigger major explosion at Oisterwijk gallery in daring art heist; Warhols taken
1 November 2024 - 09:56
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Hodegretia, or Virgin Mary with Child, Anonymous, 900-1000, acquired with the collection of D.G. van Beuningen 1958
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Rotterdam advised to return art sold during Nazi era to Jewish family's heirs
24 October 2023 - 18:50
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Twee Lachende Jongens by Frans Hals (1626) stolen from the Hofje van Mevrouw Van Aerden museum.
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High hopes stolen €15 million Frans Hals painting will also be found
13 September 2023 - 17:50
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Portrait of Radboud stolen from the the former town hall of Medemblik, September 2023.
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Art with significant "historical value" stolen from former Medemblik town hall
4 September 2023 - 20:15
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The Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam
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Return effort lags for cultural objects looted from former colonies
13 August 2022 - 12:00
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Mwazulu Diyabanza taking a statue of Congolese origin in protest from the Afrika Museum. 10 Sept. 2020
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Activists released after taking statue from museum in colonialism protest
14 September 2020 - 13:20
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Amsterdam says 24 artworks missing from bankrupt hospital
26 February 2020 - 15:40
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The crown is handed to Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed Ali
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Netherlands returns stolen 18th century ceremonial crown to Ethiopia
20 February 2020 - 10:10
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Bundled up bikers entering the Rijksmuseum tunnel under their billboard celebrating the winter season, Amsterdam 7 February 2018
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Rijksmuseum in talks with Sri Lanka, Indonesia about returning stolen art
12 March 2019 - 10:50
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The van Gogh Painting "Het Uitgaan van de Hervormde Kerk te Nuenen"
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Stolen Van Gogh paintings evidence in Italian Mafia trial; Amsterdam return years away
21 October 2016 - 14:03
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Recovered stolen masterpieces back on display at Hoorn museum
7 October 2016 - 09:18
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The van Gogh Painting "Het Uitgaan van de Hervormde Kerk te Nuenen"
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Stolen Van Goghs found in home of Italian mafia boss
30 September 2016 - 16:30
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The van Gogh Painting "Het Uitgaan van de Hervormde Kerk te Nuenen"
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Van Gogh paintings recovered 14 years after being stolen
30 September 2016 - 11:00
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Paintings recovered in Leeuwarden storage uinit 17 years after theft
12 September 2016 - 10:36
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Ukraine returns paintings stolen from Netherlands in 2005
12 September 2016 - 10:17
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Ukraine not letting go of stolen Dutch art
4 August 2016 - 11:50
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Report: Ukraine “doing nothing” to recover stolen Dutch art
11 February 2016 - 13:30
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Ukrainian secret service accused of trading in stolen Dutch paintings
7 December 2015 - 13:50
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Report: Paintings stolen from Hoorn museum surfaces in Ukraine
7 December 2015 - 08:40
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Dordrecht Museum buys back art stolen in WWII from heirs
29 January 2015 - 11:10

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