Antiquities

Antiquities News

• Fine Art Links
  Fine Art News Police raid criminal gang suspected of faking antiquities A two-and-a-half-year-long suspected archaeological fraud involving thousands of forged Greek and Etruscan artefacts, a hospital x-ray machine, a philanthropic aristocrat and a sophisticated network of forgers has come to an abr ... […]
• Progressive Press Integrated Bibliography Project
  Below is the beginning of an integrated bibliography with links to Amazon pages for each book or DVD, a few links to articles or papers. It provides a searchable means of considering many authors whose books question the mainstream myths while challenging the integrity of the existing blend of neo-e ... […]
• Armed robbers loot ancient Greek museum (Antiques news)
  Armed robbers loot ancient Greek museum Channel 4 News reported As a pair of armed robbers bound and gag a security guard to steal dozens of ancient artefacts from the Olympia museum in Greece, Channel 4 News goes hot on the trail of the illicit antiquities trade. "It has become an organised crime b ... […]
• Roman Era Shipwreck(s) from Near Irakleio
  Tip o’ the pileus to Diana Wright for alerting us to this item from Athens News: Four previously unknown shipwrecks have been discovered some 30 kilometers off the Bay of Irakleio, Crete, in recent underwater exploration conducted by the ephorate of underwater antiquities. The new finds comprise two ... […]
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  Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review 18 - 20/02/2012 C O N T E N T S 1. Eroglu questions the basis of the Cyprus talks, meets with Erdogan and Gul, and comments on Cyprus-Israel relations 2. Bozer alleges that the agreement in Cyprus will be made between “two states” 3. Protest by environmental ... […]
• More on Antiquities Thefts
  Last week was a bad week for antiquities protection, as thefts of antiquities from both Montreal and Olympia in Greece were revealed. It reminds us that antiquities are vulnerable in archaeology, but also when they are displayed in museums, just as works of art are. Both instances are troubling exam ... […]
• Top 10 Cursed Relics throughout History
  When most people associate the word “Cursed” with ancient relics, objects, places, and artifacts, they think of bestselling fiction novels, block buster movies, popular videogames, and of course, “Indiana Jones.” With that said what if there were actual reported cases of unexplainable mishaps relate ... […]