A glimpse of the lost art of painted wooden synagogues popularized among Eastern European Jewish communities in the 17th and 18th centuries
ARCHES: destruction looting trafficking
There are two sides to every story, and so it is here.
Fact and fiction: The explosion of ...
Taken from Greece, confiscated by an emperor and returned to the people.
How a famous Greek bronze ended up ...
“In the path of our advance will be found historical monuments and cultural centres which symbolise … all that we are fighting to preserve.”
We will need Monuments Men for as ...
Archaeological sites are regularly vandalized to satisfy the demand of the international art market.
A market for looted antiquities
Grave robbing destroyed much of the archaeological context in Sicán—can what remains unlock the past?
What the bulldozers left behind: reclaiming Sicán’s ...
Archaeological sites are under constant threat from human and natural forces.
Mesa Verde and the preservation of Ancestral ...
The royal site of Koh Ker was described as an outdoor museum—that all changed during the killing fields.
The Looting of Cambodian Antiquities
Conflict provides cover for art theft and trafficking—as war rages on, archaeological sites are pillaged.
Save Culture – end trafficking
Warned by an expert that this statue was “definitely stolen,” it took a lawsuit for Sotheby's to return it.
Sotheby’s Returns Looted 10th Century Statue to ...
When conflict erupts in archaeologically rich countries, looted antiquities flood the art market.
The Scourge of Looting: Trafficking Antiquities from ...
Over 1000 of these sculptures were looted from Africa—now without context, they may never be understood.
Lost History: the terracotta sculpture of Djenné-Djenno
Antiquities trafficking damages cultural heritage worldwide, and it will only stop when demand is reduced.
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