The museum said it learned that the sculpture, "Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda," was stolen from that ...

Nepal has a diverse array of cultures, traditions and languages that date back thousands of years. Contemporarily, it’s ...

The ancient statue, a museum fixture since the 1990s, will return to its rightful home following a voluntary restitution ...

In Nepal, Holi is predominantly celebrated on ‘Purnima’. However, in the southern area known as the ‘terai belt’, locals ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced on Monday that it is returning sculpture after new research found that the object had ...

The museum said it has initiated the return of a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after learning “new details” about the ...

"Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda" had been on display at the museum since 1997. Researchers discovered the ...

The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) this week announced the return of Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda to Nepal ...

The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the ...

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 ...

The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) this week announced the return of Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda to Nepal ...