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The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after learning that it had been stolen. Officials ...
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Buddha Statue Reunited with Head Found in 1927
Torso of Buddha statue unearthed at Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia. TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...
Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited nearly a century after the first piece was found at the Ta ...
Art Institute of Chicago returns ancient Nepali sculpture after researchers learned it had been stolen
"Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda" had been on display at the museum since 1997. Researchers discovered the ...
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Nara National Museum to show best of Japan’s Buddhist art
NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...
Art Institute of Chicago returning 12-century sculpture to Nepal after finding it was stolen
The museum said it learned that the sculpture, "Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda," was stolen from that ...
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Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal
The ancient statue, a museum fixture since the 1990s, will return to its rightful home following a voluntary restitution ...
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.