Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Undocumented Artifacts to be Awarded to Assad?

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When H.R. 1493 was first proposed, there was hope that the Assad regime would be replaced with a  government more representative of the wish...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

More Cultural Racketeering In Egypt

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Egyptian authorities are belatedly investigating the disappearence  of 157 objects from Saqquara .   The Antiquities Coalition has yet to co...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Addressing Looting at the Source by Remote Viewing

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Archaeologist Sarah Parcak has decided to use her  Ted Prize  to fund crowdsourcing and remote satellite viewing to protect archaeological s...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Numismaster on Italian MOU

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Richard Giedroyc has written  on the extension not expansion of the Italian MOU for Numismaster and World Coin News.  Meanwhile, the usual s...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Rethinking Antiquities: Restitution and Collecting in the Time of ISIS

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The Committee for Cultural Policy and the Cardozo School of Law are sponsoring a panel discussion  entitled "Rethinking Antiquities:  R...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Jordanian Authorities Disclose Coin Thefts 15 Years After the Fact

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Jordan's Prime Minister has disclosed  that fakes were switched for genuine ancient coins at museums around the country back in 2001-200...
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Monday, February 1, 2016

Progress on HR 1493

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed a much modified version of HR 1493, a bill designed to protect cultural property in times ...