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How the European Commission is riding roughshod over the antiquities trade
The European Commission has announced that it will press ahead with controversial proposals for restricting the import of cultural property to members states. The news comes on the back of a survey of stakeholders across the European Union, including the art and...
Operation Pandora fails to uncover conflict zone artefacts
A detailed investigation by the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA) into the findings of Operation Pandora has revealed some interesting results. Pre-eminent among these is that the authorities did not find a single artefact from a conflict...
Iraq Embassy list of items looted by ISIS from Mosul Museum
The Iraq Embassy in London has supplied the British Museum with a comprehensive list of items missing from the Mosul Museum as a result of looting by ISIS. The Embassy has asked that the artefacts described be included on the Emergency Red List. The ADA asks its...
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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...
The shocking sources that can give rise to fake news
Identifying and analysing the sometimes shocking sources of fake news