In 1991 a marble head of Asclepius was stolen from the Butrint Museum. It had been found in 1932 at the site of Butrint in Albania (see official site). The head had been traced to a private collection in Italy and was seized by police in 2004; it has now been returned to Albania ("Looted Albanian sculpture returns home", AP May 21, 2009).
The Oxford Papyri Scandal: "a crime against culture and knowledge of immense proportions"
The Guardian has an extended review of what will probably become known as the Oxford Papyri Scandal (Charlotte Higgins, " A scandal ...
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Christie's is due to display part of the former collection of the late George Ortiz in London in a non-selling show to mark the 25th a... -
I have been watching (UK) Channel 4's Time Team this evening. The programme looked at an undisclosed field (under a potato crop) where a...
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It was announced today that the Egyptian authorities would be taking legal action against Christie's over the sale of the head of Tuta...
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