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The removal from their rightful owners or from archaeological sites of objects of artistic, historic or cultural value. This includes wartime looting of art and antiquities.

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Art Theft - Most Wanted Art Search for the world's most wanted art. www.saztv.com

Price of Age An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell. www.museum-security.org/cranwell/index.html

Object ID Site describes rationale, use and contacts for Object ID, an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities to combat theft. www.object-id.com

Stolen Property or Finders Keepers? Dede Tisone-Bartels provides teacher's resources for considering the true ownership of works of art which have been taken from their place of origin to museums and collections around the world. home.att.net/~tisone/problem.htm

Looting Question Bibliography Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting. wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/lootbib.html

Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite. www.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.html

Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft Librarian provides a bibliography and list of Internet resources on theft of antiquities. home.earthlink.net/~robbinsls/theft

Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus www.archaeology.org/online/features/cyprus/index.html

Swiss Recover 10,000 Stolen Antiquities Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recoveries of stolen art treasures. www.archaeology.org/online/features/geneva/index.html

The Art Loss Register Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft. www.artloss.com

Find Stolen Art Database aiming to assist UK police in the recovery and return of stolen antiques and to enable auction houses, collectors and dealers to exercise due diligence. www.findstolenart.com

Looting Matters Studies by Christopher Chippindale and David Gill of the University of Wales Swansea on the material and intellectual consequences of collecting antiquities, with related links. www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/dg/looting

Britain Leads Illicit Trade in Rare Books The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books. www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201560,00.html

Holy Door of the Monastery of St. Anastassios Human Rights Action pleads with the Kanazawa College of Arts in Japan to return an 11th-century iconic door looted from Cyprus. Includes photograph. www.hr-action.org/action/kanazawa.html

Stolen Antiquities from Corinth Return to Greece The Hellenic Ministry of Culture rejoices in the recovery of the priceless collection of artifacts stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth in 1990. Illustrated catalogue. www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21104m/e211dm07.html

Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (IARC) At University of Cambridge to research and highlight damage caused by looting of archaeological sites. Publishes periodical Culture Without Context. Information on latest news, events, information, legal conventions, resources. www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/IARC/home.htm

NYTimes.com - Thwarting Art Thieves on a Budget Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded. www.nytimes.com/2002/05/29/arts/design/29ARTS.html

Gang Caught with 200,000 Artefacts Giles Tremlett reports in the Guardian that Spanish police have captured 100 archaeological robbers in an operation that netted a vast haul of antiques up to 5,000 years old. www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4464605,00.html

Museum Security Network: Art Crime News reports of cultural property incidents, such as art theft, looting of art in wartime, fire and forgery worldwide. www.museum-security.org/artcrime.html

BBC: Stolen Turner Paintings Found Two Turner paintings from the Tate galleries' collection, stolen while on display in Germany eight years ago, are found. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2593487.stm

Stolen Art This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques. Register stolen art pieces. Newsletters. www.stolenart.be

Trace UK magazine in which stolen stolen art, antiques, collectables can be advertised. Or register their details on the ACTS database. Service, bulletin, becoming a partner, information resources. www.trace.co.uk

International Archive of Stolen Artefacts A database with close-up photographs of objects. An independent resource dedicated to the retrieval of stolen artefacts through maximum publicity. www.iasa-online.com

CBC Indepth: Art Thefts Indepth examination of some of the world's most famous artworks that have been stolen, including audio and video links to reports. www.cbc.ca/arts/features/artthefts

Saving Futures Charlie Phillips investigates issues of cultural heritage management and preservation in India and Nepal through interviews nad research. www.savingfutures.com

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