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STOLEN ALERT IN BRUSSELS
Gallery Drees in Brussels has reported the theft of this collection of Egyptian gold pieces from the gallery between December and January. Please report any sightings or other relevant information to the police.
Theft of Viking Treasure Devastates Norwegian Museum
The Committee For Cultural Policy has highlighted the devastating theft of Viking material from the University Museum of Bergen. The burglary took place on the weekend of August 11-13 when the thieves climbed scaffolding to a seventh-floor window, broke in and stole...
European Commission to legislate over terrorist antiquities despite lack of evidence
The European Commission’s 199-page Deloitte report into tackling cultural property trafficking now confirms that there is no evidence at all that terrorism-related cultural goods are entering the EU, or that an illicit market in cultural property run by organised...
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Art & Antiquities crossing borders. Whose law wins?
A fascinating seminar hosted by London law firm Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP on April 29 invited legal experts to consider issues arising out of the seizure and return to Iran of the Persepolis fragment in 2017 and 2018. Subscribers can read the background to the case...
A new report says Germany is a hotspot for the Illegal antiquities market. Here’s why that’s wrong—and dangerous
The secretary general of the largest trade federation for art and antiques dealers hits back at what she regards as “zombie statistics” promoted in a new report.
Fact, fiction and fake news: how the media reported Christie’s King Tut head row
The media was abuzz with claim and counter claim over the row concerning Christie's sale of the 3,300-year-old quartzite head of Tutankhamun in early July. Initially, the Egyptian government said it would call for the head's return if it could be shown that it had...