Looters continue to pillage Afghanistan’s rich archaeological heritage

Such tools … identify more than 29,000 archaeological sites—the largest ever data set gathered for Afghanistan. www.science.org/content/arti...

“Museums should be telling these stories not just for the sake of transparency but because they are intrinsically important stories that tell us really deep and meaningful things about how we understand other peoples’ cultural belongings,” - Elizabeth Marlowe
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Canceled talks, de-installed artworks, and severed collector relationships are among the forms of retaliation experienced by artists and cultural workers who have been vocally expressing their solidarity with the Palestinian people and calling for an immediate ceasefire.

British Museum to fully digitise collection after ‘inside job’ thefts

Osborne estimated that about 350 artefacts were in the process of being returned

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This is the children's war. There were no tears in his eyes, but a thousand unanswered questions. There are pictures that have destructive power, pictures that do not require comment.

In First, Archaeologists Extract DNA of Ancient Israelites

The tomb had been badly damaged, first by construction and then by looting, so the archaeologists conducted a hurried salvage excavation.

*The conference has since been delayed due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza.*

Originally established as a Greek colony in 631 B.C.E, it thrived as a regional trading hub and was known for its exports of horses and silphium, a now unknown plant that was highly valued in antiquity

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The Ostrich Defence: Trafficking Antiquities

Azadeh Moaveni on the trade in stolen antiquities

Prepping a pieced coffee quilt to be domestic machine quilted (dmq) using free motion quilting (fmq).