The government of Turkey has asked several American institutions to return antiquities thought to have been illegally excavated and smuggled out of the country after 1906, when a law was passed that declared all antiquities in the ground the property of the state. Many of the objects in question have been acquired by the museums since […]

Earlier this week, the LDS Church announced its plans to dismantle the foundation of the old Provo Tabernacle and donate its stones to the city. The nineteenth-century foundation was uncovered in preparation for the construction of a new tabernacle. Now a team of concerned citizens are circulating a petition asking to leave the foundation in place. […]