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.
Source: US District Court, Eastern District of New York The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has scheduled an important hearing in the alleged antiquities trafficking…
One day after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri denied the government’s latest effort to forfeit the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask held at the St….
As Egyptians exercise their universally recognized rights to assembly and expression, the Egyptian people are deeply concerned about the cultural heritage that resides in their country. Those concerns are shared…
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…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, today published an order dismissing the government’s’ forfeiture complaint against the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask. The Egyptian artifact is located at…
The Egyptian Museum, CairoSource: Bs0u10e01, Creative Commons According to an email by the General Director of The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the museum will not be in a position to respond to…