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What Archaeologists Are Uncovering About the Buddha in His Legendary Nepali Hometown
Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...
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University of Michigan Museum of Art Seeks To Deaccession 9th Century Buddha Statue to Nepal
Thompson has been following this case for over a year after the 9th century Buddha statue was flagged by Lost Arts of Nepal, a Facebook page dedicated to raising awareness of stolen artifacts.
Hyperallergic24d
Art Institute of Chicago Returns Sacred Buddha Statue to Nepal
The Buddha statue was first identified by the online heritage activist group Lost Arts of Nepal in 2021 as matching a statue stolen from Guita Tole in Patan, Kathmandu. The sacred statue is part ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
Museum officials say they are voluntarily repatriating the object after learning that it had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley ...
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Antiquities Looted by Notorious Smuggling Ring Returned to Nepal
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Art Institute will return Buddha sculpture to Nepal
The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
20 Nepali artifacts worth Rs418 million to be returned from United States
KATHMANDU: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. of the United States has announced he has initiated the process to return 20 stolen Nepali antiquities worth a staggering Rs410 million ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
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Brick and mortar Buddha: Why a giant statue became an interfaith hub and spiritual home for many
Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...
The Art Newspaper21d
Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal
On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...