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Reason
April 2005
Steven Vincent |
Ancient Treasures for Sale Do antique dealers preserve the past or steal it? Such is the allure of ancient treasures that, since the 1970s, this relationship has spawned global treaties, inflamed Third World nationalism, created a secretive Washington bureaucracy, and triggered federal prosecutions.   |
Reason
January 2004
Jeremy Lott |
Found Objects What archaeologists can gain from markets, or lose by ignoring them |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Vernon Silver |
Egypt Is Looted, and Curators Balk Thefts of artifacts from Cairo's Egyptian Museum revive the debate over the repatriation of ancient art. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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? |
New Architect
September 2002
Bret A. Fausett |
The Hague Treaty Adoption National boundaries will no longer be a practical defense to civil liability. This all makes wonderful sense for international business-to-business transactions. But the participants in the process of the Hague convention treaty didn't think too much about the Internet. |
National Defense
December 2007
Grace Jean |
United States and Britain at Odds Over Weapons Sales Regulations The United States and the United Kingdom, remain at odds over an international arms trade treaty favored by the United Nations. |
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? |
CIO
February 15, 2002
Bill Wall |
An Imperfect Cybercrime Treaty The Council of Europe approved the 27th draft of the Convention on Cybercrime, the first international treaty on crime in cyberspace. This may help in prosecuting hackers, but there are some issues that cause concern. |
