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Two Nepalese Antiquities in the Rubin Museum Identified as Looted

by Cassie Packard September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

One researcher, Jürgen Schick, estimated that over half of the region’s historical artworks have been stolen.

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UK Rejects European Union Regulations to Reduce Illegal Antiquity Trafficking

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 11, 2021January 12, 2021

The UK has rejected EU regulations that require import licenses for art, antiques, books, and other artifacts that are more than 250 years old before they can enter any EU country.

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Investigating Origins and Cultural Heritage at the Metropolitan Museum

Avatar photo by Michael Press May 2, 2019May 1, 2019

As educational institutions, museums should feel an obligation to be forthcoming about provenance issues with items on display.

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Documenting Damaged Cultural Heritage and Human Suffering in Yemen’s Civil War

Avatar photo by Michael Press December 6, 2018December 5, 2018

Yemeni human rights organization Mwatana has issued a report based on years of research, titled, “The Degradation of History: Violations Committed by the Warring Parties against Yemen’s Cultural Property.”

A Hobby Lobby location in Georgia and one of the seized cuneiform tablets (illustration by Benjamin Sutton/Hyperallergic)
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Hobby Lobby Turns Over 245 More Artifacts Smuggled Out of Iraq

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton January 19, 2018

Last year, the craft store chain agreed to hand over 5,548 antiquities that it had improperly imported.

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Hobby Lobby Busted for Illegally Importing Thousands of Iraqi Antiquities

by Claire Voon July 6, 2017July 6, 2017

The US government has raised serious questions about the origin of thousands of ancient artifacts being purchased for a Hobby Lobby-supported museum.

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85 Rare and Vibrant Coptic Textiles Find a Home at Queens College

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 3, 2017April 3, 2017

The Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College acquired 85 Coptic textiles from the 3rd to 7th century Egypt, a rare gift that will be a teaching resource for its students.

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“David” and “Venus de Milo” Action Figures Put Art History in Motion

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton October 30, 2015November 17, 2015

Have you ever wondered what Michelangelo’s “David” would look like if it were kneeling and giving a thumbs up, like a wide receiver who just scored a touchdown?

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Discovery of Ancient Greek ‘Palace’ Reveals Fragments of a Lost Language

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 1, 2015September 1, 2015

The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on August 25 that since 2009, archaeologists at a Mycenaean palace on Aghios Vassilios Hill on Greece’s Sparta plain have unearthed numerous artifacts.

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FBI Warns of ISIS-Looted Artifacts Hitting the US Market

by Claire Voon August 28, 2015September 1, 2015

Antiquities looted by terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria are entering the art market, prompting the FBI to release a flyer soliciting dealers’ and collectors’ help in halting illegal trade.

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ISIS Murders Former Chief of Antiquities in Palmyra

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton August 19, 2015August 23, 2015

Khaled al-Asaad, who served as the director general of the Palmyra Directorate of Antiquities and Museums from 1963 to 2003, was beheaded Tuesday by ISIS fighters in the ancient city.

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Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Revealed from a Sunken City

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 5, 2015August 4, 2015

Artifacts from a long-lost underwater city are going on view in Paris this September.

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Featuring projects by 30 graduate students, this multidisciplinary exhibition is on view at the Manetti Shrem Museum through June 25.

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