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  2. List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents)

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    A map showing a Shōen or manor in the Nara period. The depicted area is about 1,100m (NS) by 700m (EW). Nara period, second half of 8th century four linen cloths which together form a 2x2 map of 113.7 cm × 72.5 cm (44.8 in × 28.5 in) National Museum of Japanese History, Sakura, Chiba

  3. 22 artifacts looted after the Battle of Okinawa returned to Japan

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    The 22 artifacts, some of which date back to the 18th and 19th centuries, represent a significant piece of Okinawan history. ... which had been missing for almost 80 years to the governm ...

  4. List of destroyed heritage - Wikipedia

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    Numerous ancient and medieval sites and artifacts, including the ancient cities of Nimrud and Hatra, parts of the wall of Nineveh, the ruins of Bash Tapia Castle and Dair Mar Elia, and artifacts from the Mosul Museum were also destroyed. However, from 2018, a year after IS was defeated and driven out of Mosul, many churches, mosques and ...

  5. Mitsui Memorial Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Mitsui Memorial Museum (三井記念美術館, Mitsui Kinen Bijutsukan) is an art museum in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district. It is located within the Mitsui Main Building, an Important Cultural Property as designated by the Japanese government .

  6. List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)

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    [9] [25] [26] Iron knives and axes, followed by bronze swords, spears and mirrors, were brought to Japan from Korea and China. [26] [27] Later all of these were produced locally. [28] The primary artistic artifacts, with the exception of Yayoi pottery, are bronze weapons, such as swords, halberds and dōtaku, ritual bells. [25]

  7. List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings) - Wikipedia

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    Brought to Japan from China by Enchin. Heian period (incomplete scroll); late Tang dynasty, 9th century (complete scroll) Two hand scrolls with iconographic line drawings, one complete and one with part of the first half missing, ink on paper, 30.0 cm × 1,796 cm (11.8 in × 707.1 in) Mii-dera, Ōtsu, Shiga

  8. List of missing treasures - Wikipedia

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    James Howells has repeatedly requested that the council allow him to search for his device, buried in Docksway landfill, Newport, Wales, and has been refused by Newport City Council. As of November 2024, the missing Bitcoins were worth $750 million, and Howells sued the council for £495 million. [43] [44] [45] Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary

  9. The mystery of Haiti’s missing cultural artifacts, which ...

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    A dozen employees at Haiti’s Citadelle Henry are currently in jail after two cannons went missing from inside a locked museum at the mountaintop fortress in northern city of Milot.