Merry Wanderer of the Night [01/28/16] 

  • Iraq: Iraq reopens Baghdad museum after 12 years

    Iraq's national museum officially reopened Saturday after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted during the US-led invasion were recovered.A statue dating back to the eighth century B.C is displayed at the entrance of Iraq's national museum during its official reopening on February 28…

  • Italy: Etruscan bronze, Tiepolo painting returned to Italy

    Decades after being stolen in Italy, an ancient statuette and an 18th-century painting were returned to the country's government Tuesday after turning up in New York.The five-inch-tall Etruscan-era bronze statuette of Hercules wielding a club that was stolen from the Archeological Museum of Oliveriano in Pesaro, Italy, in 1964 [Cr…