Australia has demonstrated it can repatriate its citizens safely when it feels compelled to. In 2022, for example, it helped repatriate four women – the wives and widows of IS militants – and their 13 children from al-Roj camp in Syria.

The remains of Muscogee and Euchee ancestors have returned to their traditional homelands after being overseas for more than 150 years.

Jodi Archambault (American, Hunkpapa Lakota/Teton Sioux), woman's beaded yoke dress and accessories made using Lakota techniques for constructing regalia (all images courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art) I joined the Met Museum as its first curator for ...

In early May, 20 Rohingya Muslims and government officials from Bangladesh recently visited Myanmar’s Rakhine State in an effort to urge their voluntary homecoming, which can be regarded as a major development in terms of the long-stalled Rohingya ...

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Christopher Wolff does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. As an archaeologist, you ...