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Art Theft - Most Wanted Art - Search for the world's most wanted art.
http://www.saztv.com/ |
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Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich - 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 |
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BBC: Stolen Turner Paintings Found - 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 |
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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.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201560,00.html |
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CBC Indepth: Art Thefts - 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/ |
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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.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4464605,00.html |
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Holy Door of the Monastery of St. Anastassios - 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 |
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Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (IARC) - 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 |
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International Archive of Stolen Artefacts - 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 |
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Looting Matters - 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/ |
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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.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/lootbib.html |
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Museum Security Network: Art Crime - 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 |
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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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/29/arts/design/29ARTS.html |
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Price of Age - An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.
http://www.museum-security.org/cranwell/index.html |
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Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft - Librarian provides a bibliography and list of Internet resources on theft of antiquities.
http://home.earthlink.net/~robbinsls/theft/ |
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Stolen Antiquities from Corinth Return to Greece - 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.
http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21104m/e211dm07.html |
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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.
http://www.stolenart.be |
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Stolen Property or Finders Keepers? - 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 |
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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.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.html |
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Swiss Recover 10,000 Stolen Antiquities - 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 |
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The 2003- 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.
http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/fdeblauwe/iraq.html |
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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.
http://www.artloss.com/ |
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Trace - 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 |
