Three Palestinians nabbed for stealing ossuary http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=111 8110994633&p=1078027574097 Dave...
I have recently discovered that the mentality that brought us the concept that postage stamps are "cultural property" has been copied by the "champions" of...
No different than the US Mint claiming ownership of all designs on the existing coinage (maybe not Lincoln's portrait since that protection would have...
Yes the letter is authentic. What I find most confusing is that the money asked is for the artists who had their work "copied" and engraved onto stamps along...
... So in Denmark the government does you legal work for you? How nice! Do they have a list of each stamp issued in the past 50 or 70 years and which...
This does seem strange. Assuming that the stamp has simply been illustrated, then what about dealers and auctioneers doing so for the purpose of selling these...
Iran-Interpol on trail of Jiroft artifacts smugglers http://tinyurl.com/9so52 The Iranian Intelligence Ministry in cooperation with Interpol has begun a wide ...
Jordan leads hunt for Iraq's looted treasures http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO525318.htm Hidden in cars, coat pockets and even bags of onions,...
A French investigative reporter has just published a book : L'Affaire des Fausses Reliques, Enquete au Coeur des Trafics de Vestiges Biblique by Jean Baptist...
Looted Art Said Used to Fund Terrorists http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1107&idq=/ff/story/000 1%2F20050623%2F1021634390.htm&sc=1107 ...
Here, I thought I'd make the article more accessible. I tinyurl'd it: http://tinyurl.com/a3t28 I think that will make it a bit more user friendly. Jim...
Iraq's treasures still being looted http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4114906.stm "But now, one of the world's leading experts on the country's...
Archaeologists fight to save Iraqi sites http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1510061,00.html British archaeologists are training Iraqis to draw up the...
UNESCO calls for stopping illegal dig in Iraq http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/23/content_3122550.htm UNESCO director general Koichiro Matsuura called...
Pakistan foils artefact smugglers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4618585.stm Pakistani customs officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle out...
Has anyone on the list seen other examples where a member of the archaeological community has claimed links between the sale of antiquities and terrorism? If...
Dear Wayne: The tragedy is that there is so much "planted" news bits, so many "engineered" articles almost everywhere in the media that it is hard to be...
**This message links to a nearly 1 hour webcast on the subject of the looting taking place in Iraq and its consequences** Meet Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly ...
John; Thank you for the webcast link. I know of Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly and her journalistic work. She is a captivating speaker, and she has an engaging...
Hi Nader; I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment, however I fear it is not the "Department of Defense" that paid the spouse of the journalist, it is the...
I wish to add my own voice to Wayne's in his comments about coin collectors unfairly (and foolishly) being blamed for looting by anticollecting archaeologists....
Wayne, Thank you for your comments. I would like to separate 2 issues: Does the value chain from site looters in Iraq to loot collectors in other parts of the...
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