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Articles tagged with #the metropolitan museum of art
In search of stolen gods at the Met
For decades the Met has been adding to its antiquities collection pieces of dubious origin, including from Nepal. Now, its reputation is eroding.
The homecoming of Nepal’s gods
The Laxmi-Narayan upon arrival in Nepal Embassy in Washington DC on 6 March. Photo: AMITABHA JOSHINearly 40 years after it was stolen from…
Bringing our Gods home
Two 1,000-year-old stone deities return to Nepal, but hundreds of other stolen objects are still out thereHOMECOMING: The 12th century Uma…