Operation of the Carabinieri Corps for Cultural Heritage Protection of Bologna http://tinyurl.com/46xhod [Italian] An operation of the Carabinieri Corps for...
Tourists 'stripping ancient Rome bare' http://tinyurl.com/2xpyjg Rome's ancient monuments are so poorly guarded that tourists are taking away mementos of their...
2008-03-27 19:04 Stolen Vesuvian fresco on show Huge Roman landscape mural on display after 40 years abroad (ANSA) - Rome, March 27 - A Roman fresco recovered...
Spain Breaks Up Internet-Trading Ring for Stolen Artifacts http://tinyurl.com/4pdw4z [Bloomberg] Spanish police said they broke up a nationwide network of...
2008-04-11 17:38 Emperor's head found in boathouse Art police recover two stolen 2nd- century Roman masterpieces (ANSA) - Rome, April 11 - Italian art police...
The art of authentic forgery http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/974483.html Criminal case 482/04, the State of Israel v. Oded Golan and others, lays out the...
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Eftis, et al. It is my experience that many universities are in no position to authenticate anything. Many of those asked to do so automatically take the...
... I couldn't agree with you more. Last year I sold a beautiful cycladic in Christie's New York. It went for double figures in dollar thousands. I had bought...
ALGERIA: STOLEN MARCUS AURELIUS BUST RETURNS TO ALGIERS (ANSAmed) - ALGIERS, APRIL 17 - The marble bust of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the II...
Philippe de Montebello responds to an article in Afrikanet.info by Kwame Opoku: http://tinyurl.com/427nee After the publication of the Article EUROPEAN AND...
Kwame Opoku answered De Montebello: http://www.museum-security.org/wordpress/?p=266 Very much worthwhile reading Tom Flynn's views about the Opoku - De ...
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James Cuno contends that antiquities from great cultures belong to humanity, not nation states that emerged centuries later ...
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Mr Cuno takes the gloves off http://tom-flynn.blogspot.com/2008/04/mr-cuno-takes-gloves-off.html James Cuno … director of the Art Institute of Chicago, has...
Syria returns stolen antiquities to Iraq http://msn-list.te.verweg.com/2008-April/009815.html Syria on Wednesday returned to Iraq around 700 pieces of ...
Mr Barford, I assume that since the logic of a universal museum can be scoffed at, since we have 'books' (therefore there is no possible benefit to an African...
France returns stolen treasures to Burkina Faso http://tinyurl.com/42arod France has returned to Burkina Faso a haul of stolen archaeological treasures...
Ancient urn returns to Greece http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24243162/ A 2,400-year-old funerary urn has been returned to Greece and put on display, part of a...
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Illegal excavation continues at archaeological sites in Mardan http://tinyurl.com/597pnb Illegal excavation, which has already destroyed at two least two...
Iraqi expert accuses West over antiquities trade http://tinyurl.com/6btc2k (Independent) A senior Iraqi official has accused the West of not doing enough to...
Police arrest 20 for plundering treasures http://tinyurl.com/43s2ay A gang allegedly responsible for the plunder and sale of thousands of archaeological items...
You can't have your stuff back http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/galleries/930727,CST-NWS-art04.article When Art Institute President James Cuno, then 19,...
It is through contact with other cultures that one learns to truly appreciate their accomplishments. By denying others the opportunity to see and learn, the ...
Spain demands return of $500 million treasure http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24521046/ Spain is demanding a U.S. deep-sea exploration firm turn over the entire ...
The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq by Peter Stone and Joanne Farchakh http://tinyurl.com/6228mw THE TWO MOST FAMOUS words ever spoken by Donald...
Italy reaches deal with Cleveland museum for return of disputed antiquities http://tinyurl.com/3q8f5f Italy has reached an agreement with a U.S. museum for the...
