Showing posts with label illicit antiquities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illicit antiquities. Show all posts
March 27, 2025

From Pretrial Release to Disappearance: Where is Hamburg-based dealer Serop Simonian?

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Having surrendered in Germany in connection with a multi-country investigation into illicit antiquities trafficking,   Serop Simonian   was ...
February 11, 2025

Facing Justice: Ashraf Omar Eldarir Pleads Guilty in High-Profile Smuggling Case

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In a significant case of cultural property smuggling, previously reported on ARCA's blog , Ashraf Omar Eldarir, a naturalised U.S. citiz...
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 ...