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The Hellenic Ministry of Culture rejoices in the recovery of the priceless collection of artifacts stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth in 1990. Illustrated catalogue.
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Stolen Antiquities from Corinth returned to Greece Corinth was attacked by a gang of four smugglers who first wounded the guard, Mr Theophanis Kakouris, and removed the amount of one million drachmas, amount which was in the museum at the time for the payroll of employees. Afterwards,...Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.
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Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh Your browser does not support javascript Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh December 30, 1996 by John Malcolm Russell For information on the more recent looting in Iraq, see Taking Stock in Baghdad April-July 2003. Note: Thumbnails are provided...Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.
http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html
Search for the world's most wanted art.
http://www.saztv.com/
An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.
http://www.museum-security.org/cranwell/index.html
Site describes rationale, use and contacts for Object ID, an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities to combat theft.
http://www.object-id.com/
Dede Tisone-Bartels provides teacher's resources for considering the true ownership of works of art which have been taken from their place of origin to museums and collections around the world.
http://home.att.net/~tisone/problem.htm
Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/lootbib.html
Librarian provides a bibliography and list of Internet resources on theft of antiquities.
http://home.earthlink.net/~robbinsls/theft/
Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/cyprus/index.html
Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recoveries of stolen art treasures.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/geneva/index.html
Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.
http://www.artloss.com/
Studies by Christopher Chippindale and David Gill of the University of Wales Swansea on the material and intellectual consequences of collecting antiquities, with related links.
http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/dg/looting/
The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201560,00.html
Human Rights Action pleads with the Kanazawa College of Arts in Japan to return an 11th-century iconic door looted from Cyprus. Includes photograph.
http://www.hr-action.org/action/kanazawa.html
At University of Cambridge to research and highlight damage caused by looting of archaeological sites. Publishes periodical Culture Without Context. Information on latest news, events, information, legal conventions, resources.
http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/IARC/home.htm
Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/29/arts/design/29ARTS.html
Giles Tremlett reports in the Guardian that Spanish police have captured 100 archaeological robbers in an operation that netted a vast haul of antiques up to 5,000 years old.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4464605,00.html
News reports of cultural property incidents, such as art theft, looting of art in wartime, fire and forgery worldwide.
http://www.museum-security.org/artcrime.html
Two Turner paintings from the Tate galleries' collection, stolen while on display in Germany eight years ago, are found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2593487.stm
This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques. Register stolen art pieces. Newsletters.
http://www.stolenart.be
UK magazine in which stolen stolen art, antiques, collectables can be advertised. Or register their details on the ACTS database. Service, bulletin, becoming a partner, information resources.
http://www.trace.co.uk
A database with close-up photographs of objects. An independent resource dedicated to the retrieval of stolen artefacts through maximum publicity.
http://www.iasa-online.com
Indepth examination of some of the world's most famous artworks that have been stolen, including audio and video links to reports.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/features/artthefts/