March 11, 2016

Palmyra - An example of when traffic whoring and page view metrics are more important than accuracy

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In the last 72 hours I have spent a frustratingly amount of time playing  Whac-A-Mole   to bad reporting from a number of professional jour...
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March 6, 2016

A Morbid Fascination: Should Human Remains Still be on Display?

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By Aubrey Catrone, 2015 ARCA alumna   “‘Stolen from death.’ The Casts. The Photography.” main exhibit, panoramic view,  Image Cr...
February 29, 2016

How many repatriated (previously looted) Khmer statues can you name?

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Torso of the warrior god Rama On Wednesday February 24, 2016 the Denver Art Museum flew the repatriated tenth-century statue of the war...
February 22, 2016

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SAT 27 FEB, 2016 Symposium on Art and Terrorism The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London Saturday 27 February ...

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...
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...
February 16, 2016

Tutta italiana la prima task force a protezione del patrimonio culturale mondiale

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Unite for heritage (#Unite4Heritage)  La prima task force a protezione del patrimonio culturale del mondo, i Caschi Blu della Cultura c...

The UN's Blue Helmets for Culture Initiative Has Been Signed in Rome

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During the joint UNESCO - Italy press conference in Rome this morning a new task force has been formalized to create an international tr...
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February 2, 2016

"Picasso" Painting Recovered in Turkey is Deemed a Fake

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The purported Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) canvas of “Woman Dressing Her Hair” seized by Turkish authorities  has been deemed a fake ...