U.S. Import Protections Extended on Cambodian Heritage
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Angkor temple detail. Credit: eschu 1952 |
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Angkor temple detail. Credit: eschu 1952 |
The Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) classifies designated ancient coin artifacts as archaeological material. That ancient coins serve as evidentiary sources of the past makes perfect sense. Ancient coins…
Earlier this year the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) shifted its stance on bilateral agreements authorized by the Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) when the group decisively opposed the renewal of U.S. import restrictions covering…
“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…
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…
Prosecutors rebuked Sotheby’s last Friday, accusing the New York auction house in a reply memorandum of failing to disclose information it knew about a Duryodhana statue offered for sale this…
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) meets this week to discuss requests by Turkey and Tunisia for Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the United States to establish American import controls…