Aphrodite to Leave California http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20079421/site/newsweek/ Aug. 1, 2007 - The Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif., home to one of the finest ...
Italian culture minister says fight against art trafficking has raised value http://tinyurl.com/29c7cs Efforts to tackle art trafficking «make looting more...
Does this apply worldwideor only to India. For example during my annual visit to Argentina I take certain coins for use in talks at several numismatic...
... of both sides of the coins to the archaeological department of the nation of departure and obtain a non-antiquity certificate from them. It does not apply...
I always get copies of the pictures of my coins and have them stamped by the US Customs Office to prove that I took them out. Though for ancient and antique...
One of the points that has always bothered me is that organizations that supposedly represent the interests of Archeologists and the science of Archeology have...
This sounds suspiciously oxymoronic. At 12:15 PM -0700 8/3/07, Nader Rastegar wrote: I often remember that the laws are there to punish the law-abiding, and...
Clandestine excavations in Enna http://tinyurl.com/yumour (in Italian) Translation: Some clandestine excavations were reported by forestry agents of the Center...
Greek prosecutors investigate Bulgarian claim to Byzantine-era silver plates http://tinyurl.com/32bq3p (IHT) Greek authorities began an investigation Tuesday...
Hello all, hoping you are well. I am planning a visit to Croatia next year and plan on buying some coins of Diocletian there. Can anyone give me the best...
Arms Seized in Sicilian Anti-piracy Raids http://tinyurl.com/324wch IFPI announced in a press release that the Italian anti-piracy police has cracked an...
The return of antiquities a blow to Getty http://tinyurl.com/2jy394 (LA Times) Related content: http://tinyurl.com/2q8ws6 (NPR) The J. Paul Getty Museum's...
Remarks at the Cyprus MOA signing ceremony July 19, 2007 http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2007/89515.htm UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: ... The reason we're here today,...
... Nobody seems to be wanting to answer. Provided you have obtained an export licence which the law requires, there should be no "hassle" with either. This is...
There are indeed many dealers (I am one) who would be glad to provide a nice, licitly exported coin of Diocletian at prices that may well be more favorable...
Coins and Archaeology http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10438 Since their first invention in western Turkey in the late seventh century B.C.,...
A Significant Omission The published transcript of the Cyprus MOA signing ceremony http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2007/89515.htm omits several significant words....
Two held for trying to sell 269-yr-old Quran http://tinyurl.com/2z9xoh (HT) Two government officials have been booked for trying to sell a 269-year-old Persian...
This site was destroyed because archaeologists could not raise $5250 to excavate the site. Of course if archaeologists were allowed to sell some of their...
... excavate the site. Of course if archaeologists were allowed to sell some of their surplus finds they could have easily raised this sum - and much more... ...
America's Commitment to Safeguarding Heritage http://msn-list.te.verweg.com/2007-August/007926.html ... Our nation first sought to protect its own cultural...
Antiquity smuggling foiled on Bulgarian-Serbian border http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n120250 In a joint operation between Customs Agency, Chief...
Stolen ancient Egyptian artifact back home http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6243240.html Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said a stolen...
Archaeologists let looters do some of the work http://tinyurl.com/35efqn (USA Today) When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, goes the old saw. But when you ...