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France’s Museum Security Crisis Deepens with the Theft of the Vix Torc - One of the most celebrated surviving masterpieces of Celtic goldwork discovered has been stolen from the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, (Formerly the Mu...
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Another Bürki object returns to Italy - Source: MMA A psykter column-krater attributed to the Troilos painter was deaccessioned by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in June 2026 (1986.11.12;...2 weeks ago
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Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah - In the USA, President Trump announces that he is terminating 3 million acres of national monuments in southern Utah, opening them up to drilling, mining,...
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The Kennedy Center: The name on the front and the Art Inside - The recent Kennedy Center controversy has mostly been told as a story about a name. That is understandable. A national cultural institution created as a li...1 month ago
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‘if we just stopped stealing, we would have enough money for everything’: cultural property crime by police officers and legal nihilism among professional criminals and ordinary citizens in Russia - In a pleasing end to 2025, Forensic Archaeology, Anthropology and Ecology published my (first) study of cultural property crime by police officers in Russi...6 months ago
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Reuniting the Parthenon Sculptures event - Andrew George MP, the chair of the British Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, hosted a reception in Portcullis House yesterda...1 year ago
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Corbyn calls for return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens - Once again the Conservative media has its knickers in a twist following Jeremy Corbyn’s interview with Greek newspaper *Ta Nea* in which he articulated hi...
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Notice to Readers - As of July 15, 2014 this site will no longer be updated. However, the content will remain posted for your educational reference. Thank you!12 years ago
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Queen Duathathor-Henuttawy (21st Dynasty), Wife of King Pinedjem I - By Kate Phizackerley. Published on Egyptological, In Brief. June 16th 2014 I have a fascination with the queens of ancient Egypt. If the popular literatu...12 years ago
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Egyptology News 19th-22nd April 2013 - *Copied from @egyptologynews. *Today's photo of the fresco from the Ashmolean Museum, which shows two Amarna princesses, is posted to accompany Campbell ...
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Guest Post: Rebekah Junkermeier from the Sustainable Preservation Initiative - Back when I was still in summer-mode, I had the foresight to ask a few treasured people if they would write guest posts for me on how they got interested...
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Art Theft: Athens UPDATED - Two paintings by Pablo Picasso - "Female Head" which was donated by the artist to the Greek people in recognition for their fight against the Nazis during...14 years ago
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blog, archived - I decided to officially archive this blog on the day my DPhil was confirmed. But I have waited for the electronic publication of my thesis, Interrogating A...14 years ago
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Larry, most coin collectors (and certainly all the coin organizations) support countries adopting systems akin to the Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme, which encourage the reporting of find spots BUT AT THE SAME TIME recognize that collecting is a legitimate activity to be encouraged. Why can't the archaeological community support that instead of trying to legislate coin collecting out of existence? You and your fellows already have quite a backlog of coins to publish.
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