The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has returned an ancient Sumerian sculpture to Iraq following an internal review by the institution, which recently appointed a head of provenance ...

Visitors walk along the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, March 6, 2006. ( photo credit : REUTERS/KEITH BEDFORD ) By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF MAY 21, 2025 02:20 Updated : MAY 21 ...

Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings, Mesopotamia, copper alloy, circa 2900–2600 B.C. Credit... via The Metropolitan Museum of Art By Graham Bowley Published April 16, 2024 Updated April ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has returned an ancient Sumerian copper alloy statute from the third millennium BC to authorities in Iraq. The museum acquired the ancient statue—which ...

It was carved in 2,600 BC and was part of the collection of ancient cylinder seals which disappeared when the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. We tell the story ...