Showing posts with label illicit antiquities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illicit antiquities. Show all posts
November 1, 2024

Edoardo Almagià Wanted: Manhattan DA Seeks Arrest of Dealer in Major Antiquities Smuggling Case

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Just over a year ago, ARCA published a post highlighting  suspect artefacts which passed through Michael L. Ward's variously named galle...
April 19, 2024

Spain's antiquities dealer arrest and the importance of facts-based reporting

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TEFAF Maastricht 2022 Image Credit: ARCA Earlier this week, ARCA published an article building on an announcement made by  Spain's Minis...
March 11, 2024

The wacky illicit world of one Ushabti of the Pharaoh Taharqa

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The Cultural Heritage Brigade of Spain's Policía Nacional have completed an investigation into a rare, illicitly trafficked, ushabti. Th...
December 17, 2023

Lost Time, Found Art: The Decade-Long Pursuit of Restitution for Antiquities Smuggled by Douglas Latchford at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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In 2013 the Metropolitan Museum of Art restituted two,10th-century, Koh Ker stone statues, known as the “Kneeling Attendants” to Cambodia.  ...
November 16, 2023

The Ephebes of Pedro Abad are on exhibition at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

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After a complex period of study and years of delicate restoration to repair their fragile bodies, the Ephebes of Pedro Abad went on display ...
January 20, 2023

Ceremony on the return of 58 antiquities to Italy

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On Monday, January 23, 2023, at 1 pm in Rome, a formal ceremony will be held regarding the return to Italy, from the United States, of 58 an...
January 11, 2023

Not surprisingly, and despite all of his protestations earlier, Ali Aboutaam has been convicted.

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In a hearing that took less than an hour at the Geneva police court, Ali Aboutaam, the owner of the Geneva gallery Phoenix Ancient Art SA ha...