A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
Stag’s Head Rhyton, c. 400 BC from Milas, Turkey, site of illegal excavations. Purchased by Steinhardt for $2.6 mil from the Merrin Gallery in 1991. Loaned to The Met in 1993….
Lintels 1 and 2 from the Asian Art Museum.Photo: US Attorney Northern District of California. Lintels allegedly taken unlawfully from Thailand and given to the Asian Art Museum in California…
El Salvador has petitioned the United States for a Memorandum of Understanding to renew cultural property import controls that preserve archaeological objects from looting and smuggling. This Maya effigy vessel…
The pre-Colombian archaeological site ofPukará de Quitor in northern Chile. The governments of Chile and Jordan have petitioned the United States for import controls on at-risk archaeological material. The Cultural…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art can fight back against antiquities trafficking by hiring a provenance curator and by fully disclosing the chain of custody of collection objects. Nedjemankh’s coffin, surrendered…
Petra in southern Jordan is one of the world’smost famous archaeological sites The State Department has published notice of Jordan’s request for cultural property import controls. Jordan is home to…