Art and Antiquities

Art and Antiquities Websites

The removal from their rightful owners or from archaeological sites of objects of artistic, historic or cultural value. This includes wartime looting of art and antiquities.- Category ID : 435043

List of Art_and_Antiquities Sites 12 Websites

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The Iraq War and Archaeology

Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.

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Price of Age

An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.

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Looting Question Bibliography

Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.

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The Art Loss Register

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.

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NYTimes.com - Thwarting Art Thieves on a Budget

Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded.

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Stolen Art

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.

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Your Brush With The Law

Charles Vincent Sabba looks at some famous art crimes, forensic art and the art scene in New York.

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Britain Leads Illicit Trade in Rare Books

The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.

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Gang Caught with 200,000 Artefacts

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.

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Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh

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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