Showing posts with label Assyrian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Assyrian. Show all posts
January 20, 2019

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Stolen 80 years ago , a section of an Achaemenid-era (550-330 BC) bas-relief, once part of a long line of rock-carved soldiers displaye...
July 25, 2018

New York Supreme Court judge orders plundered bas-relief from the city of Persepolis must be returned to Iran

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A New York Supreme Court judge has ordered the plundered bas-relief from the city of Persepolis, which dates from the 5th Century B.C.E.,...
October 9, 2016

A Persian soldier from Persepolis loses his second home

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In February 2014 ARCA wrote about a sandstone bas-relief panel then-titled, "Head of a Guard" stolen in September 2011 from the ...
August 24, 2015

Temple of Baal Shamin, Palmyra Destroyed

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Maamoun Abdul Karim, of Syria's DGAM says Islamic State militants have destroyed the Temple of Baal Shamin (Arabic - تدمر – معبد بعلشمي...
November 23, 2014

Essay: Do you think art collectors might be tempted to buy Syrian antiquities (looted or otherwise?). We say resoundingly, yes.

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By Lynda Albertson On November 22, 2014 the Syrian Arabic Republic - Ministry of Culture's Directorate General of Antiquities and ...
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February 14, 2014

Simon Metke and His Ongoing Relationship with "Protecting" Cultural Heritage

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Journalists Cailynn Klingbeil and Jana G. Pruden from the Edmonton Journal have published an article where they have interviewed the 33 ...
February 13, 2014

AXA Art Insurance, the Sûreté du Québec, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Announce the recovery of a rare and valuable Achaemenid Bas-Relief Stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2011

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Sandstone, Head of a Guard photo by @DomenicFazioli At a press conference today in Montreal, the Sûreté du Québec - ...
August 17, 2013

Postcard from Istanbul Archaeological Museum: In this era of protests, 8th century BC Assyrian Bel-harran-beli-usur defines what makes a city free

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ISTANBUL - In this era of protests, 8th century BC Assyrian chamberlain Bel-harran-beli-usur -- during the reign of Shalmaneser IV (782-...
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