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Lots of high-profile archaeological stuff popping up at the moment:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/06/wreck-spanish-galleon-treasure-haul
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/06/holy-grail-of-shipwrecks-in-three-way-court-battle
As with the 'gold train', these are, of course, ill-gotten gains.
The amazing thing is that a modern court decides on the technicality that the conquered Inca empire was a 'colony' and that there can therefore be no restitution of treasures brutally stolen from their creators. Probably correct in view of how wrong the law probably is, but still unbelievable.