Co-defendant in Italy antiquities case says sources go unchecked http://tinyurl.com/qywlu An American art dealer accused by Italy of trafficking stolen...
An image of Joel Malter in happier times has been added to the blog posting. This picture was displayed at the service held at Mount Sinai last Wednesday ...
David, et.al, I shall miss Joel. He was a man thoroughly in love with ancient coins and he knew his stock intimately. One time he and I were talking about the...
History Plundered in Turkish Museums http://tinyurl.com/qnk6j As repercussions over the theft of the renowned "Winged Sea Horse Brooch," considered the most...
Stolen Dominican antiquities recovered in the U.S. http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=14343 Dominican Republic recovered 85 pre-Columbian art...
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Why the Getty paid top dollar to tomb robbers http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1794666,00.html The Medici Conspiracy by Peter Watson with Cecilia...
Sentences slashed in antiquities case http://tinyurl.com/lvptk A Cairo court yesterday commuted the sentences of eight people charged with illegal trafficking...
Krumbein's bombshell http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150035830387&pagename=JPost/JPAr ticle/ShowFull The owner of the first-century bone box...
How is the Karkamis treasure plundered? http://www.michelvanrijn.nl/artnews/hurryetart.htm There were 13 pieces of "decadrachma" which were extremely valuable...
Hi Dave, I did research on it for three years. It is such a big story that I have written a book about it. Anyway, I will share everything about the hoard...
Turkish Official Arrested Over Fake Coins http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-main-1-l31&idq=/ff/story/ 0001%2F20060613%2F1443155354.htm&sc=1104...
From negligence to willful destruction: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20060613p2g00m0in034000c.html Reports: Turkey orders 500-year-old...
I did three years of research on the Carchemish-hoard before I wrote a book about it. After that, the Turkish press contacted me. I will share all the...
Swoop by Customs returns Brutus to scene of the crime http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2226268,00.html A RARE Roman coin celebrating the murder of...
This also answers questions made by many researchers into ancient coinage whether the Eids of March denarius was truly an ancient issue. I guess it was. John ...
If you are talking about the European Union then it is an EU directive The Council of Europe is a totally different thing and has no direct legislative...
Clarification: The Council of Europe is NOT the European Union, despite the confusing similarity in the names of the organizations. The Council was set up in...
The Council of Europe's Cultural Heritage page: http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Heritage/ The site provides "reference texts" for - Council of...
What exactly are you looking for? Peter Alexander-Fitzgerald BA LLB LLM 01570 481 263 http://www.heritagelaw.net ... From: Unidroit-L@yahoogroups.com...
As far as I can tell from the Times report it is this one http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/20013972.htm the dates are as These Regulations implement Directive...
Dear people, I wrote an article, accusing the Greek Goverment of knowingly buying looted coins: http://www.michelvanrijn.nl/artnews/drach.htm Regards, Arthur...
Shop owner caught in Crete antiquities raid http://tinyurl.com/gntr2 (Kathimerini) Authorities said yesterday that a 60-year-old businessman arrested in ...
Getty's List of Doubts Multiplies http://tinyurl.com/m5g4z (LA Times) An internal review by the J. Paul Getty Trust has found that 350 Greek, Roman and...