October 8, 2019

Unpacking the investigation into Egypt's 2100 year old looted gold coffin

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Shaaban Abdel-Gawad - Head of the Egyptian Department of Repatriation Image Credit: Egyptian Department of Repatriation, Ministry of An...
October 6, 2019

Symposium: Patrimony in Peril

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Image Credit: UNC-ILJ Event:   UNC - International Law Journal Symposium: Patrimony in Peril Registration Fee:  $65 Location: Rizzo ...
October 5, 2019

The Manchester Museum and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies restitute 43 ceremonial and sacred objects

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Engraving of the Museum Wormianum from 1655 (via Wikimedia) Responsible for some of the material since the 1920s, the Manchester Museum...
October 3, 2019

The Libya MOU in action. The United States recovers and restitutes an ancient sculpture stolen from the city of Shahat (Cyrene).

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For years the Security Directorate of Shahhat in the eastern coastal region of Libya has tried to foil the attempts of individuals thr...
September 21, 2019

Suspended Maltese parish priest arrested for church-related art thefts

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St Augustine Church Image Credit: NICPMI archive A Maltese parish priest has been suspended from his duties pending the outcome of an ...
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September 18, 2019

Mexican Foreign Ministry urges French auction house Millon (in Paris) to halt an auction of pre-Columbian art

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Image Credit: Millon Drouot The Mexican government, through its Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and i...
September 17, 2019

Egyptian prosecutor requests that former honorary consul of Italy be placed on INTERPOL’s red notice list

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Image Credit:  https://www.radiolfc.net/tag/m-skakal/ Today, Egyptian Attorney General Nabil Ahmed Sadek ordered the arrest of Italy...
September 15, 2019

Museum Theft: Literally taking the piss, a $4.9m golden lavatory has been stolen from Blenheim Palace

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Pre-installation view, "America, 2016" by Maurizio Cattelan arriving at Blenheim Palace, 2019 Image Credit Blenheim Palace ...
September 8, 2019

Restitution: Painting of Ivan the Terrible by artist Mikhail Panin

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"Ivan the Terrible Before the Oprichina" by artist Mikhail N. Panin Image Credit: US Justice Department An oil painting, titl...
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September 7, 2019

The interesting fate of Joshua Reynolds' painting "A Young Girl and Her Dog", stolen in 1984.

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Image Credit Left: www.thecatalogstar.com Image Credit Right: Tokyo Fuji Art Museum (TFAM) In 1984 a portrait of young lady Elizabeth M...