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Cultural treasures from Western Australia's Menang people have returned home after spending nearly two centuries in museums across the world. The homecoming reveals something extraordinary: proof that Indigenous knowledge was honored and documented by a 19th-century colonial officer.
Ghana will receive 2,000 looted cultural treasures from the Netherlands and Germany in one of the largest returns of African heritage ever. The announcement marks a turning point in efforts to reunite communities with their stolen history.
An anthropologist discovered an ancient Roman soldier's grave marker in her New Orleans backyard, solving an 80-year mystery. The artifact, lost during WWII bombing in Italy, is finally heading home.