As with many of the similar ports in the area, it soon became a hotbed for colonists from Europe, slaves from India and Africa, and traders from China. But instead of the cultural admixture that ...

A team of scientists teamed up to date and identify the collection of more than 6,000 fossils, placing them between 131,000 ...

Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," said the latest discovery was among his most significant.

A Pew poll asked respondents from around the world to name what they perceive to be their country’s most important ally and ...

A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several ...

Indonesia was a Dutch colony for over 300 years, yet today, Dutch is not spoken as a primary language there, instead, Bahasa Indonesia serves as the official and national language. So why didn’t ...

Statues and hundreds of culturally significant artefacts have been returned to Indonesia by the Dutch, but with close to 30 museum theft cases in recent decades authorities move to ensure these ...

With the IFFR ending, Indonesian filmmakers such as Kamila Andini and Timoteus Anggawan discuss the country's relationship with the Netherlands.

FILE - A visitor walks past statues that are a part of Indonesian historical artifacts repatriated from the Netherlands, at the National Museum in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 8, 2025.

Indonesia showcases returned artifacts it had sought for decades from the Netherlands Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on display at Indonesia's National Museum, providing a ...