Showing posts with label Blood Antiques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blood Antiques. Show all posts
March 30, 2018

Illegal chains which mirror legal ones and function in the penumbra of the legal ones

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While much has been discussed with regards to terrorism financed via the sale of plundered antiquities, substantiating claims with cle...
February 22, 2016

Second Sentry guard shot at incident at the Deir el-Bersha archaeological site has died

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Egyptian news wires have reported that Ali Khalaf Shāker, (علي خلف شاكر), the second site guard protecting the Deir el-Bersha archaeologica...
October 27, 2015

America’s Museum of the Bible - Hobby Lobby Owners Under Federal Investigation for Possibly Trafficked Assyrian and Babylonian Cuneiform Tablets

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For years various academics have questioned the collecting and conservation practices of billionaire collector Steve Green, the philanthr...
September 30, 2015

Highlights from “Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save Iraq and Syria's Endangered Cultural Heritage”

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In an awareness raising initiative to highlight the ongoing upheaval and destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria, the Metropo...
February 18, 2015

Sir, how much is that (2nd Century B.C.E.) Vase in the Window? Part II

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Antiquities traffickers continue to make headlines in multiple countries in 2015.  In this three part series, ARCA explores current art tr...
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 12, 2010

Blood Antiques

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Recently, a variety of news sources carried stories that made reference to an article in the Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Art Crime by ...