Showing posts with label looted antiquities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label looted antiquities. Show all posts
February 10, 2023

A 2,500-year-old sculpture from the monumental ruins of Chavín de Huantar is returned to the Peruvian ambassador

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The site of Chavín de Huantar What we know about the monumental ruins of Chavín de Huantar , thousands of feet up in the Cordillera Blanca ,...
October 12, 2017

Recovered: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian....Stolen

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Thirteen Roman-era marble columns, two pedestals, a funerary stele, architectural capitals, amphorae and vases have reportedly been reco...
March 16, 2017

Repatriation: Attic Red-Figure Nolan Amphora by the Harrow Painter

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Image Credit: Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Left - Min. Plen. Francesco Genuardi, Consul General of Italy in New York Right -  Ma...
March 15, 2017

Fighting Art Trafficking and Art Crime in Bosnia: the work of CPKU

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By: Helen Walasek The importance of South East Europe as a major route for the illicit trafficking of looted and stolen art and antiq...
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February 25, 2017

Auction Alert and Antiquities Seizure: Second seizure at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York

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On February 17, 2017 forensic archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis alerted  Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos in Manhattan  t...
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February 10, 2017

Repatriation: Stolen Greek sarcophagus fragment heading home

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Image Credits: ARCA Sarcophagus fragment depicting battle between Greeks and Trojans Just one month after an illicit  sarcophagus frag...
January 14, 2017

Auction Alert and Antiquities Seizure: Royal-Athena Galleries, New York

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On January 8, 2017 forensic archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis alerted Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos in Manhattan and ARCA...
September 23, 2016

“Decorative Panels for the Garden” Since when has garden furniture been the code word for antiquities?

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Hapless buyer inspired by IKEA recreating a faux Middle Eastern outdoor living space? Or knowing accomplice to the illicit trafficking ...
April 21, 2016

The Carabinieri TPC Sequester Stash of Archaeological Finds For Sale on the Internet

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Italy's Syracuse branch of its specialised art squad, the Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale, has seized a cache of antiqu...
February 21, 2016

Sentry guards killed at Deir el-Bersha archaeological site identified, Fundraiser established for their families.

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The Belgian archaeological mission from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , which has been working at Deir el-Barsha in Middle Egypt since...
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February 20, 2016

Notice: Two sentry guards killed at the archaeological site at Deir el-Bersha in Egypt

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ARTICLE UPDATED - 22 February 2016 Two archaeological site guards on duty at the archaeological site at at Deir el-Bersha in Egypt have...
December 23, 2014

Neil Brodie 'considers the issue of the Sevso Treasure from a new angel' in the Fall 2014 issue of The Journal of Art Crime

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by Catherine Schofield Sezgin,   ARCA Blog Editor-in-chief In the Fall 2014 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , Neil Brodie publishes...
December 5, 2014

Opinion: More Questions Than Solutions from the Auction Houses

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By Lynda Albertson Following the successful identification and the subsequent withdrawal of the Sardinian idol, Dr. Christos Tsirogiann...
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