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Looting a Growing Problem in Post-Mubarak Egypt

May 16, 2012

With its first post-Mubarak presidential election just days away, Egypt’s political turmoil has been the focus of global headlines for well over a year. Since the popular uprising in January 2011, instability and a lack of security have plagued the country’s heritage sites, not only in terms of tourism, but looting as well.

Tags: Africa, Egypt, Great Pyramids, Looting, Middle East, Political Instability

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Turkey Increases Pressure on International Museums to Return Antiquities

April 11, 2012

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The grand opening of what Turkey plans to be the “biggest museum in the world” may be more than a decade away (the republic celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2023), but the country’s government appears eager to recover what it says are illegally excavated antiquities from institutions around the world.

Tags: Allianoi, Europe, Hasankeyf, Looting, Middle East, Turkey

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New York Times Reports on Squatters at Iraq’s Heritage Sites

March 26, 2012

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Last week we wrote about the return of foreign archaeologists to Iraq, where much of the country’s ancient treasures remain buried and unexplored. Among the difficulties now facing heritage authorities is how to deal with Iraqis who have taken up residence among the ruins.

Tags: Development Pressures, Iraq, Looting, Middle East, New York Times, Nineveh, Saving Our Vanishing Heritage

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Leaked Government Memo Warns of Organized Looting in Syria

March 21, 2012

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Looting is not a new problem for Syrian cultural authorities. Despite harsh punishments doled out to offenders (up to 20 years in prison), gangs of looters have operated in the country for years, smuggling artifacts over the border to satisfy antiquities markets in Europe and the US. But a government memo leaked earlier this month suggests that the current conflict has put Syrian cultural sites at an even greater danger of organized looting.

Tags: Looting, Middle East, Palmyra, Syria, War and Conflict

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India’s Chandraketugarh to Become Heritage Village

January 20, 2012

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Since its discovery by construction workers in West Bengal more than a century ago, the 2,500-year-old site of Chandraketugarh has been partially excavated, occasionally celebrated, but never adequately preserved.

Tags: Archaeological Survey of India, Asia, Chandraketugarh, Excavation, India, Looting

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Census Declares Thousands of China’s Heritage Sites “Disappeared”

January 18, 2012

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The results are in from China’s most recent national heritage census — the first in more than 20 years — and they’re not good.

Tags: Asia, China, Development Pressures, Looting, Modernization

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Libyans Guard Cultural Heritage with Hopes of Post-War Tourism Boom

October 18, 2011

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Since civil war broke out in Libya at the beginning of 2011, the state of the country’s cultural heritage has been extremely precarious. Security and visa issues have halted virtually all tourism, while conservation projects such as that funded by Global Heritage Fund (GHF) at Cyrene have been temporarily shut down.

Tags: Africa, Cyrene, Libya, Looting, UNESCO, War and Conflict

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Archaeologists Continue Race Against Clock at Afghanistan’s Mes Aynak

July 28, 2011

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As we reported last November, French and Afghan archaeologists have been working feverishly to excavate Mes Aynak, a 9,800-acre site in eastern Afghanistan that contains the ruins of an ancient Buddhist settlement. Since then, the conservation team has expanded to include more than 100 laborers, but the site remains on track for demolition.

Tags: Afghanistan, Development Pressures, Looting, Mes Aynak, Middle East

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Looting and Vandalism Threaten Egyptian Antiquities

February 04, 2011

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Amidst the intense political turmoil in Egypt, where demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak have brought a state of chaos to the nation, archaeologists across the world remain extremely concerned for the well-being of Egypt’s countless ancient treasures.

Tags: Africa, Egypt, Looting, Middle East, Vandalism, War and Conflict

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Ancient Shipwrecks Looted by Sport Divers in Turkey

December 02, 2010

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Despite being hidden 30 meters beneath the ocean’s surface, underwater relics out of Turkey’s storied past are no safer from looting than those found above ground.

Tags: Europe, Insufficient Management, Looting, Middle East, Turkey

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