Australia Returns Looted Song Dynasty Sculptures to China
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Oceania · Australia · Oct 30, 2026
Primary source: Archaeology Magazine
Australia returned two looted Northern Song Dynasty stone sculpture heads to China, ending a decades-long dispute. The statues, acquired by Canberra's National Gallery in 1995, once guarded imperial tombs near Kaifeng, Henan Province.
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