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Reason January 2004 Jeremy Lott |
Found Objects What archaeologists can gain from markets, or lose by ignoring them |
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Vernon Silver |
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Reason July 2004 Steven Vincent |
Grave Injustice Federal laws about burial remains put politics before science. |
Science News March 28, 2009 Janet Raloff |
Treaty On Antiquities Hinders Access For Museums by James Cuno James Cuno describes how the United Nations treaty to prevent looting of archeology sites has affected researchers and scientists. |
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Antiquities To Grow Old With As new controls on illicit trading bite, the interest in ancient art treasures is on the rise - and so are the prices |
CIO August 1, 2003 Ted Smalley Bowen |
IT Aids Search for Looted Art The looting of Iraq's museums and archaeological sites has raised the profile of stolen art trafficking. Digital tools are playing an increasing role in combating the trade, but they are no silver bullet. |
Salon.com May 11, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hey, mister -- wanna buy a 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet for $10? Iraq's economic collapse means the oldest writing in the world can be bought for a song on eBay -- and has scholars racing to digitize Sumerian artifacts before they become paperweights... |
Scientific American December 2008 Peter Brown |
Digging Ancient Iraq: How Mesopotamia Has Weathered the War How badly damaged are the archaeological remains of ancient Mesopotamia? |
Salon.com October 16, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hunting Nazi art online Coming to an Internet portal near you: Art treasures seized by Hitler's minions in World War II. American museums now think that the Web can help in their attempt to uncover the Nazi loot that may still be hanging on their walls. |
AskMen.com January 16, 2003 Peter Fueller |
Top 10: Museums Of The World There are thousands of museums around the world, many of which are worth visiting. However, you probably don't want to spend your entire vacation looking through endless collections of paintings and sculptures, created by artists you've never even heard of. You want the famous stuff, right? |
TIME Asia May 16, 2011 Hannah Beech |
Party Piece After a long, $380 million refurbishment, China's National Museum fully reopened in April. It is now the biggest in the world, with 1.05 million cultural relics spread over 192,000 sq m of floor space |