Looted Cultural Objects Recovered in Iraq
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Says_Antiquities_Ring_Busted/2053617.html
http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Says_Antiquities_Ring_Busted/2053617.html
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met last week to consider the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act (H.R. 1493). It favorably reported the measure for full consideration by the senate, but…
CONDENSED PRESS STATEMENT (TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN)Unedited original available atwww.carabinieri.it/Internet/Cittadino/Informazioni/ComunicatiStampa/2010/Luglio/20100716_100000.htm On July 16, 2010, the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command presented to the press … three hundred thirty seven exceptional…
Dr. Michael Danti testifying on Capitol Hill about ISIS terror funding. “ISIS has developed an organized and systematic approach for exploiting portable cultural property as an important revenue stream, especially…
National Geographic’s “Who’s Stealing Afghanistan’s Cultural Treasures?” (August 1, 2013) offers valuable first-hand information about the looting and smuggling of Afghanistan’s archaeological treasures. So what could happen legally if stolen…
Monuments Men author Robert Edsel speaking at Colgate University. From the looters shovel to the auction gavel, large scale cultural property theft and destruction occur during times of instability. That is how…
Starkly contrasting reports have been given about the condition of archaeological sites at Abusir. Abusir is home to a Fifth Dynasty royal necropolis containing over a dozen pyramids, including those…