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  2. US returns looted antiquities worth $10 million to India - AOL

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    Manhattan’s District Attorney has sent back more than 1,400 looted artifacts as part of an ongoing initiative to repatriate stolen art from countries across South and Southeast Asia.

  3. Subhash Kapoor (art dealer) - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, the US returned 307 recovered antiquities to India, worth more $4 million, three quarters of which were linked to Kapoor. [16] In April 2022, the Yale University Art Gallery surrendered items valued at more than $1 million as part of art looting investigation. The 13 South Asian artifacts returned by the museum were smuggled by Kapoor ...

  4. List of missing treasures - Wikipedia

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    The RMS Republic was a British ship built in 1903, the Republic was carrying $3,250,000 worth of gold and double eagles for the US Navy's Great White Fleet. However, the ship collided with the SS Florida and sunk. In 1919 an attempt was made to recover the lost money, but it was ultimately unsuccessful. [16] [17] Romanian Treasure: Confirmed ...

  5. Coinage of India - Wikipedia

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    Cowry shells were first used in India as commodity money. [5] The Indus Valley Civilisation may have used metals of fixed weights such as silver for trade activities which is evident from the DK area of Mohenjo Daro from the late Harappan period (dated 1900–1800 BC or 1750 BC).

  6. 5 Items From the 1970s That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    Now, it’s fetching upwards of $2,300 on platforms like eBay. ... Whether you’re a hobbyist or just someone with a penchant for childhood artifacts, these items from the 1970s can be ...

  7. Jital coin - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the eighth Mamluk sultan, Mahmud I (1246-1266), the average billon jital contained 14.4 grains of silver, leading Wright (1936) to conjecture that these early jitals of the Delhi sultanate were worth 1/12 of a tanka. [8]

  8. US returns $80 million-worth of stolen artifacts to Italy

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    In 2023 alone, 105,474 pieces of art worth more than €264 million (or $287 million) were found and confiscated worldwide thanks to the artificial intelligence project, according to Gargaro.

  9. Archaeology of India - Wikipedia

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    Scholarly investigation into Indian archaeology was largely influenced by Alexander Cunningham, who became the first director of the Archaeological Survey of India, which was established in 1861. Cunningham along with various assistants visited many sites and monuments of archaeological importance in India.