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A 200-year-old condom made from sheep’s appendix, featuring erotic etching, is displayed at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam as part of an exhibition on sex work and sexual health, highlighting historical contraceptive methods and attitudes towards sexuality.
A stolen Van Gogh painting, "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring," has been recovered after a three-and-a-half-year search. Dutch art detective Arthur Brand received the 139-year-old painting in an Ikea bag from a man who came to his front door. The painting, worth several million euros, was stolen from a Dutch museum in March 2020. The thief, who was convicted and jailed for eight years, had sold the painting to a crime group. The recovered artwork has been confirmed as authentic and will be repaired before going back on display at the Van Gogh museum.
A Dutch museum's archaeology team has been banned from excavating in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis after the museum mounted an exhibition that drew condemnation from Egyptian authorities. The National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden received an email from the head of foreign missions of the Egyptian Antiquities Service saying that the museum is "falsifying history" with its "Afrocentric" approach. The museum has been carrying out annual excavations there for more than 40 years.
A Dutch museum's archaeology team has been banned from carrying out excavations in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis after the museum mounted an exhibition that drew condemnation from Egyptian authorities. The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden received an email from the head of foreign missions of the Egyptian Antiquities Service saying that the museum is "falsifying history" with its "Afrocentric" approach. The museum has been carrying out annual excavations there for more than 40 years. Its most recent excavation campaign took place earlier this year, between February 19 and March 23.