Looted Cultural Objects Recovered in Iraq

ByRick St. Hilaire May 26, 2010May 2, 2023

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty today reports that Iraqi authorities seized ten ancient gold coins along with two paintings during a sting operation that broke up an antiquities smuggling ring.

http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraq_Says_Antiquities_Ring_Busted/2053617.html

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Responses to the Destruction of Heritage in Egypt

ByRick St. Hilaire August 21, 2013April 27, 2023

Lives and livelihoods are in jeopardy in Egypt, which must be safeguarded. Those involved with heritage preservation, meanwhile, must do what they are able in order to protect history and…

Exploring a New Way to Find Smuggled Artifacts: K-9 Artifact Finders

ByRick St. Hilaire May 10, 2017April 26, 2023

Imagine a new way to catch antiquities traffickers using specially trained working dogs.CHL suggested the idea in a blog post last year. Now Red Arch is on its way toward making…

antiquities trafficking | looted antiquities | Syria | War

ICOM Red List for Syria Now Available

ByRick St. Hilaire September 26, 2013April 27, 2023

The International Council of Museums’ Red List covering Syrian cultural objects at risk is now available. Click on the picture below to view the document. Learn more about the impact…

Iraq | religious heritage

UPDATED > Calling Attention to the Destruction of Heritage in Iraq

ByRick St. Hilaire July 24, 2014April 26, 2023

Greed often motivates cultural heritage trafficking. The illegal looting, smuggling, laundering, and sale of heritage objects is typically undertaken to earn cash. But a far more insidious crime is cultural…

Cultural Property Groups Weigh In on China MoU (including how to watch the May 2, 2018 CPAC hearing live)

ByRick St. Hilaire April 23, 2018April 26, 2023

CLICK HERE TO WATCH CPAC’S PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 2, 2018 AT 3PM EDT. The cultural property Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and China is up for…

The Assyrian Head Repatriation: Filling in the Details of ICE’s Investigation

ByRick St. Hilaire March 19, 2015April 26, 2023

This week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned a looted fragmented limestone head of Assyrian King Sargon II to Iraq. The stone carving once sat…

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