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• The “Arbeit Macht Frei” Saga

  
  The History Blog — Authority: 127
  You probably read about it the theft of the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign at the entrance to Auschwitz. It was major news, of course, which is why I didn’t post about it because I figured y’all would have heard about it already. Now that the thieves have been captured and the backstory is coming out , I can’t ...
  1 day ago

• Mid-December archaeology linkdump

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 117
  It’s mid-December already, and I haven’t posted any news so far on account of being in Hanoi for the first couple of weeks, and then falling majorly sick after returning. So rather than trying to catch up with three week’s worth of archaeology news from Southeast Asia, here’s all of them in one brilliant link ...
  5 days ago

• Wicked Behaviours

  
  Thy Glory O Nigeria..! — Authority: 123
  Adeola Aderounmu The most urgent thing in the minds of Nigerian politicians is how to get rich for life. The priority is how to loot, loot and loot so that during and after public life they are never poor again. Becoming a prominent politician in Nigeria is an investment and the dividends are enormous. You’ll ...
  6 days ago

• Uneasy Engagement: Chinese Team Searches Museums for Art Treasures

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 168
  A delegation scoured the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week for objects looted in 1860 from a palace in Beijing.
  1 week ago

• NYT > World: Uneasy Engagement: Chinese Team Searches Museums for Art Treasures

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 470
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . A delegation scoured the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week for objects looted in 1860 from a palace in Beijing.
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• Assassin’s Creed 2 ‘DLC #1 & #2 Trailer’ TRUE-HD QUALITY

  
  Windows Operation System — Authority: 169
  & Nintendo DS Published by: Ubisoft Developed by: Ubisoft Montreal Genre: Action Release Date: US: DLC (Battle of Forli JAN 2010 & Bonfire of the Vanities FEB 2010) Europe: DLC (Battle of Forli JAN 2010 & Bonfire of the Vanities FEB 2010) Australia: DLC (Battle of Forli JAN 2010 & Bonfire of the ...
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• Italy Recovers 1,700 Looted Antiquities

  
  Illicit Cultural Property — Authority: 120
  The AP is reporting that Italian authorities have uncovered a looting network which raided tombs outside Naples and Venice.  The objects were then illegally exported to market nations like the United States. During more than a year of investigations, authorities recovered nearly 1,700 statues, vases and ...
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• Italian police bust up huge looting ring

  
  The History Blog — Authority: 127
  Italian police announced today that they’ve broken up a huge looting ring , recovering thousands of artifacts destined to be smuggled to countries including the United States. During more than a year of investigations, authorities recovered nearly 1,700 statues, vases and other artifacts dating from pre-Roman ...
  1 week ago

• NYT > World: Caracas Journal: Cemetery Plunder Shows That in Venezuela, Even Death May Not Bring Peace

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 470
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . A once-elegant cemetery is being ransacked by grave robbers in what some call a reflection of a societal breakdown.
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• Caracas Journal: In Chaotic Caracas, Not Even the Dead Are Safe

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Vandalized coffins are strewn in front of the mausoleum of Joaquin Crespo, a Venezuelan dictator, in the Cemetery of the South in Caracas, Venezuela.
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• American Vet Had One of Hitler’s Favorite Coffee Table Books

  
  KERA Art&Seek Blog — Authority: 505
  According to an AP report by Jamie Stengle, the Dallas-based Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art was contacted by the friend of an Ohio vet, John Pistone, who picked up a photo album while he was in Hitler’s home near Berchtesgaden, Germany, at the end of WW II.Turns out it was one of [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Blizzard and how they deal with ninjas

  
  WoW.com — Authority: 613
  Wojtek sent us this thread in which he posted a long series of emails between him and Blizzard about the ninja of an Onyxia Drake . Theres a lot of back and forth, but eventually, the bottom line is that Blizzard was not able to help him, whether thats because he didnt have the information right, they couldnt find ...
  2 weeks ago

• China’s hunt for their looted treasures

  
  Elginism — Authority: 129
  The looting of the Summer Palace in Beijing (an act carried out largely under the instruction of the Eighth Earl of Elgin – Son of the Seventh Earl who took the Parthenon Marbles) continues to cause controversy today, due to the fact that many of the artefacts from the site have ended up in museums around the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Provincial governors who loot with impunity

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  By Takarinda Gomo IN recent years, President Robert Mugabe’s choice of provincial governors for Masvingo Province has been nothing but a curse. The incumbent governor and Resident Minister, one Titus Maluleke, and his predecessor Willard Chiwewe have two things in common. First, they have been past masters in ...
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• Nazi looted artefacts in the UK can now return home

  
  Elginism — Authority: 129
  Further coverage of the new law passed to allow the return of artefacts looted during the Nazi era held in UK museums. If this law had been in place previously, it would have avoided such (unsuccessful) court cases as Attorney General v Trustees of the British Museum AKA the Feldmann Case . It will be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Egypt requests return of looted artefacts from Europe & USA

  
  Elginism — Authority: 129
  Once again, Egypt is repeating requests that they have made previously for the return of looted artefacts held in museums abroad. From: Afrik.com Egypt demands return of stolen artifacts from Europe and U.S. The artifacts are of great historicity and culture Thursday 12 November 2009 / by Konye Obaji Ori ...
  2 weeks ago

• Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?

  
  Chess, Goddess and Everything — Authority: 136
  From The Durango Herald2 plead guilty to theft of artifactsHerald Staff ReportArticle Last Updated; Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:00AMA Cortez man and a woman from Cañon City have pleaded guilty to illegally collecting archaeological artifacts in Canyon of the Ancients National Monument west of Cortez.Preston ...
  3 weeks ago

• Holocaust looted art bill will allow de-acessioning of some artefacts

  
  Elginism — Authority: 129
  More coverage of Andrew Dismore’s bill to allow museums to over-ride their governing charters & return artefacts looted during the Nazi era. From: Hendon & Finchley Times Looted artwork from the Second World War could be returned under new bill tabled by Hendon MP Andrew Dismore 12:31pm Tuesday 10th ...
  3 weeks ago

• Nancy Pelosi Fan Club

  
  Vancouver Secrets — Authority: 137
  The Dumocrats want to pass another stimulus to complete the looting of America: Americans Would Accept More Red Ink in Exchange for Jobs “We have to shed any weakness that anybody may have about not wanting to be confrontational on this subject for fear that we’d be labeled not sensitive to the deficit,” ...
  3 weeks ago

• Gangs and Insurrection // on the occasion of the mass arrests in Denver

  
  Colorado Indymedia — Authority: 119
  Last week the Denver Police Department made a mass arrest of 34 black youth and it seems like nobody has blinked an eye. The 34 suspects were rounded up because, according to the cops, they are suspects in a serious of downtown muggings. Last we head, 30 of those individuals have been charged with things like ...
  3 weeks ago

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