Author Topic: May 2016 Archeology – Museums, Crimes, Looted Goods (Read 1044 times)

Aisling · « **on:** May 01, 2016, 01:37:17 pm »

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The US returned some Buddhist art was returned to Pakistan:
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/04/us-returns-stolen-ancient-buddhist-sculpture-to-pakistan/

Assorted repatriations from assorted countries to India:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/18-antiquities-recovered-from-foreign-countries-govt/1/651150.html

These ‘saved items’ might be called prepatriation, I guess:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36153842

What Donna Yates is up to:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14449101.The_expert_aiming_to_make_antiquities_collecting_socially_unacceptable______like_having_a_gigantic_elephant_tusk_on_your_mantle_quot_/

This is a Voice:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-the-first-time-see-two-early-medieval-books-written-by-women-on-display-together-180958884/

Origin of the Alphabet:
http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/04/27/exhibition-on-origin-of-the-alphabet-in-sinai-kicks-off-at-egyptian-museum/

Roman Mosaics:
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/general-news/20160425/decorative-mosaics-from-the-roman-empire-on-view-at-las-getty-villa/1

Sicily:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3563242/Sicily-s-debt-Norman-wisdom-4-000-years-island-s-history-Greeks-Normans-brought-vividly-life-British-Museum.html

Pompeii:
http://english.cctv.com/2016/04/30/VIDESBC9W9H18mGxjIe3pYIh160430.shtml

Power and Pathos:
http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/reviews/books/vision-virtuosity-versatility/

Pergamon:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a395b7a-089f-11e6-a623-b84d06a39ec2.html

Yale’s Babylonian Collection has been given some nice seals:
http://news.yale.edu/2016/04/18/yale-babylonian-collection-receives-gift-rare-ancient-art

There was a fire at New Delhi’s Museum of Natural History:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fire-devastates-new-delhis-national-museum-natural-history-180958914/

Latest look at the Museum of the Bible:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-priceless-israeli-artifacts-head-to-a-controversial-dc-bible-museum-some-wonder-why/

More on cuts at the Met:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-of-art-plans-job-cuts-andrestructuring.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

On ANS loans to assorted places:
http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2016/04/ancient-coins-big-market-museums.html

Aisling · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2016, 07:18:43 pm »

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Some paintings stolen from a Verona museum were recovered in the Ukraine:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36273801

The US returned a number of Sassanid items to Iran:
http://en.mfa.ir/index.aspx?siteid=3&fkeyid=&siteid=3&fkeyid=&siteid=3&pageid=1997&newsview=392023

Another idiot taking a self destroys a statue:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/13/477955499/selfie-with-statue-in-portugal-doesnt-end-well

Gods and Mortals at Olympus:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/arts/design/gods-and-mortals-at-olympus-right-there-on-fifth-avenue.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign

Maritime logbooks:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/arts/design/in-maritime-logbooks-a-trove-of-extraordinary-imagery.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign&_r=0

Frankenstein:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-frankenstein-angst-science.html

Sunken Cities:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/africa/sunken-cities-exhibition-egypt-greece-london/index.html

Animal mummies:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/outdoors_leisure/14492157.Behind_the_scenes_of_a_myth_busting_exhibition_on_ancient_Egypt_s_animal_mummies/

Maya: Hidden Worlds:
http://www.ksat.com/entertainment/mayan-civilization-revealed-in-new-witte-museum-exhibit

Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero:
http://billingsgazette.com/artifacts-from-village-near-pompeii-at-museum-of-the-rockies/article_73e87958-4c38-5049-ad73-12b536a50f5a.html

Gupta sculptures:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Sculptures-of-Gupta-period-to-be-exhibited-in-China/articleshow/52217070.cms

Greek Vases:
http://au.greekreporter.com/2016/05/10/images-of-life-ancient-greek-vases-at-the-ian-potter-museum-of-art/

Bosch:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bosch-paintings-draw-record-crowds-500-years-114728593.html

Pergamon:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/pergamon-and-the-hellenistic-kingdoms-of-the-ancient-world-review-an-empire-of-treasures-1462829937

Etruscans: Masters of Writing:
http://www.theflorentine.net/art-culture/2016/05/etruscans-masters-writing-exhibition-cortona/

Nile in Pompeii:
http://www.theflorentine.net/news/2016/05/egypt-from-turin/

Scent and the City:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/scent-and-the-city-smelling-an-exhibition-in-istanbul.aspx?pageID=238&nID=98882&NewsCatID=385

Dunhuang Temples:
http://laist.com/2016/05/06/getty_dunhuang_temples.php

Cave Temples of Dunhuang:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/13/dunhuang-caves-artifacts-ancient-history-chinese-civilization-getty-institute-silk-road-los-angeles

Stanley Spencer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36195983

The museum at Pompeii has (finally) reopened:
http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/04/pompeii-museum-reopens-after-36-years/

Aisling · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2016, 11:41:34 am »

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(Oft made) suggestion that collectors are driving plundering activities:
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/19/lust-for-loot-collecting-antiquities-looting-egypt/

A Greek police officer is targeting antiquities thieves:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/208797/article/ekathimerini/community/greek-police-officer-goes-after-antiquities-thieves

An Evansville archaeologist is seeking the return of some stolen artifacts:
http://www.wave3.com/story/32010710/evansville-archaeologist-wants-stolen-artifacts-returned

An art heist bust in Somerset:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-36345656

Some Maori skulls are going to be repatriated:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36277445

How Christie’s was involved in returning a looted item to Afghanistan:
http://www.christies.com/features/A-looted-Safavid-bowl-returned-to-the-National-Museum-of-Afghanistan-7388-1.aspx

A letter of Columbus was returned to Italy:
http://www.livescience.com/54799-stolen-christopher-columbus-letter-returned-to-italy.html

Israel is returning four sarcophagus lids to Egypt:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/after-4-years-rare-sarcophagi-smuggled-into-israel-to-be-returned-to-egypt/

France returned a pile of items to Egypt:
http://egyptianstreets.com/2016/05/17/egypt-repatriates-44-stolen-archaeological-objects-from-france/

Sunken Cities:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/217074/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/The-Sunken-Cities-Egypts-Lost-Worlds-exhibition-in.aspx

Nero:
http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/16/finding-nero-rhineland-state-museum-looks-to-rehabilitate-emperor/

Gods and Men:
http://www.oxfordeagle.com/2016/05/22/new-university-museum-exhibit-highlights-antiquities-collection/

The Other Dickens:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160519-the-forgotten-wife-of-charles-dickens

Fayum Mummy Mask:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2016/05/19/rare-ancient-egyptian-mummy-portrait-view/tinsGcgMfmcDPCRUtrDzaI/story.html

Crustumerium:
http://artdaily.com/news/87377/-Crustumerium–Death-and-Afterlife-at-the-Gates-of-Rome–opens-at-the-Ny-Carlsberg-Glyptotek

The Palestinian Museum opened … but it doesn’t have anything in it:
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/palestinian-museum-to-open-without-established-director-or-collection/

Aisling · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2016, 09:03:29 pm »

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Becket’s elbow will be returning to England:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/world/europe/thomas-becket-archbishop-of-canterbury-bone-relic-hungary.html

Pondering Mungo Man:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/why-has-it-taken-so-to-repatriate-mungo-man/7447434

We mentioned Christie’s involvement in returning a bowl to Afghanistan:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=87483

Some Kansas peoples recovered some items from local historical societies:
http://navajotimes.com/wires-wp/index.php?id=1666432800&kid=KIniu6f1vOPjJ7vG

Cyprus recovered some items from a German auction house:
http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/05/24/church-secures-two-relics-german-auction-house/

More on Israel returning items to Egypt:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=87490

HMS Namur:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/25/remains-of-legendary-18th-century-warship-hms-namur-revealed-to/

Sunken Cities:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v533/n7604/full/533466a.html

Gertrude Bell:
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14516237.Life_and_times_of_Gertrude_Bell_brought_to_life_in_new_exhibition/

Greeks ~ Agamemnon to Alexander:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/Greeks-Geographic-exhibit-ancient-treasure-Agamemnon-Alexander-archaeology-museum/

Lives Bound Together:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/17/british-museum-sunken-cities-review-archaeology-indiana-jones-hyperbole

Nile in Pompeii:
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/culture/2016/05/24/shows-1000-visitors-a-day-for-nile-in-pompeii_1de4f106-c5e7-4aec-9109-48f77446305a.html

More on the (empty) Palestinian Museum:
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-1.721510

A cooperation deal between the Louvre and the Cairo Museums:
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/louvre-and-cairo-museum-strike-antiquities-co-operation-deal/

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