The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to ...

Three Dutch naval wrecks that went missing from the bottom of the Java Sea appear to have been taken illegally by scrap dealers, NOS reports. An investigation by Dutch and Indonesian experts found ...

The Netherlands pressed Indonesia on Thursday to probe reports that the remains of Dutch sailors from illegally-salvaged WWII shipwrecks off its coast were dumped in a mass grave. The request comes ...

The three warships, which sank in 1942, were discovered intact by divers in 2002. Now, only parts of one of them remain You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...

The Netherlands pledged on Friday to return to Indonesia the remains of "Java Man", the first-ever "Homo Erectus" unearthed by modern scientists in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Dutch ...

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A request by the Indonesian government for the return of artifacts not only includes art but also a number of fossils, including the Java man skull, Trouw reported on Tuesday. The list was sent to ...

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Indonesia has asked the Netherlands to hand back at least eight artworks and natural history collections that were acquired during the colonial era, including the remains of a landmark hominid known ...