Later this morning a Blue Plaque will be unveiled on the north side of Gordon Square, London to mark the venue of a landmark lecture presented through the Heritage Studies Research Group. Blue Plaques are a feature of London's cityscape and they are placed to note important historical and cultural locations in the capital.
Looting Matters is honoured to have been selected for this treatment.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Part of the Cycladic Corpus of Figures?
(2024) When you go to a museum to see an exhibition of ancient artifacts you expect them to be … ancient. You have been enticed into the sho...
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The Fire of Hephaistos exhibition included "seven bronzes ... that have been linked to the Bubon cache of imperial statues" (p. 1...
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Courtesy of Christos Tsirogiannis There appears to be excitement about the display of 161 Cycladicising objects at New York's Metropolit...
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Well-deserved honour. Congratulations!
Let's hope it doesn't end up being offered for sale by a dealer and marked "Supplied from a trusted source and not known to be stolen".
Hat off to you David.
Thank you for these kind comments - they are much appreciated.
happy april fools david,that was a good one.i hope the others didnt realy fall for your prank.
kyri.
Now, is the date meaningful? The April 1 I mean ....
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huff, i thought I left a comment -- not sure it worked! Now David, is the fact that this announcement appeared on April 1st meaningful? Inquiring minds want to know...
I fell for the bus gag a few years ago; fool me once ...
Congrats, David!
How wonderful David. Congratulations!
hi david,i see the greek ostraka [lot 215 christies] have been withdrawn although they are still on the e catalog.do you know anything about this?i know that you have studied /wrote about ostraka in the past as i have read a few pieces by you.were they in polaroids?
kyri.
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