Antiquities Trafficking: A US-Egyptian Agreement in the Works?
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“The import restrictions are intended to reduce the incentive for pillage and illicit trafficking in cultural objects.” That was the conclusion of the United States government on January 14, 2009…
Kourion, Cyprus. Mosaic from the house of Eustolios.Source: Lapost. CC. Comments have been submitted to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) regarding an extension of the cultural property Memoranda of Understanding…
In the latest round of papers filed in court last week, lawyers for the US Attorney’s Office in St. Louis sought to strike the St. Louis Art Museum’s legal claim…
The St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) on February 15, 2011 filed a lawsuit against the United States seeking a declaratory judgment in the case of the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mummy mask. It…
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…
The Egyptian people are to be lauded for their desire for liberty, which has borne significant fruit thus far. George Washington noted that “[l]iberty, when it begins to take root,…