- From Cyprus to Munich
Turkish looters stripped icons and several dozen major frescoes and mosaics from Northern Cyprus.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/cyprus/index.html
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Review It - Geneva Seizure
Swiss police seized a large number of artifacts allegedly smuggled from Italy.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/geneva/index.html
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Review It - Holy Door of the Monastery of St. Athanasios
Originally built in the 11th century A.D., and stolen during a Turkish military invasion to Cyprus in 1974. It has been found in the permanent exhibition of the Kanazawa College of Arts in Japan.
http://www.hr-action.org/action/kanazawa.html
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Review It - Interpol: Stolen Works of Art
Features sections on recent thefts, discovered and unclaimed works of art, international conventions, and more.
http://www.interpol.com/Public/WorkOfArt/
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Review It - Looting Matters!
Features research and studies by David Gill and Christopher Chippindale on the material and intellectual consequences of antiquities collecting.
http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/dg/looting/
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Review It - Looting Question Bibliography, The
Web and literary resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting, and "professional" archaeology.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/lootbib.html
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Review It - Phiale of Achyris
Photographs and detailed description of the $1.2 million gold offering bowl from Sicily.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/phiale/index.html
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Review It - Price Of Age, The
Andrew Cranwell's investigation into the illicit trade of antiquities.
http://www.museum-security.org/cranwell/
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Review It - Stolen Stones
Archaeology magazine article concerning the modern sack of Nineveh, home of the Sennacherib Palace, located in northern Iraq.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.html
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