Chasing Aphrodite

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Yes. #BringOurGodsHome

washingtonpost.com/entertainment/… We did it again!! #BringOurGodsHome @sanjeevsanyal @MinOfCultureGoI @PMOIndia

@HowardRoark90 Met him once in Morgantina. Great guy and will be missed.

@ChasingAphrodit This was my uncle and godfather I was at his memorial service 😔

Malcolm Bell III ’63 *72 | Princeton Alumni Weekly “Mac, a renowned archaeologist who helped prevent plunder of antiquities in Italy, died of a respiratory infection in Rome Jan. 7, 2024.” paw.princeton.edu/memorial/malco…

With @artcrimeprof

m.youtube.com/watch?v=d2vFFW… How we #BringOurGodsHome At UNESCO @sanjeevsanyal @UNESCO @MinOfCultureGoI @MEAIndia @PMOIndia

@guptanumis @ASIGoI @gssjodhpur @PMOIndia @sanjeevsanyal @MinOfCultureGoI @IndiaPrideProj @LindenMuseum @nelson_atkins @metmuseum Den of loot proven again n again Great work by theartofsouthasia.com/2025/12/03/reu… How many more looted from Gurukul museum Jhajjar !! @MEAIndia @PMOIndia @sanjeevsanyal @CombatLooting #BringOurGodsHome @HSINewYork @ChasingAphrodit metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Is Italy seeking the return of antiquities known prior to 1970? #Hecht lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/hecht-…

Met has returned Byzantine sculpture to Türkiye @metmuseum @ChasingAphrodit metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Museums owe the public an explanation for moves like this

More than 5 years ago, Facebook created a "policy" to ban the sale of artifacts. Today, we finally see the first Facebook antiquities trafficking group to reach more than 1 million members. Facebook's policies are nothing more than PR. There is no enforcement.

This week the Italian authorities seized 21 suspected forgeries attributed to Salvador Dalí from a major monographic show titled “Dalí, Between Art and Myth” in the northern city of Parma. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

How we #BringOurGodsHome Toledo Sripuranthan Ganesha @ChasingAphrodit youtu.be/lahnMBXKa4Y?fe…

Sam Knight reports on the turmoil inside Sotheby’s as the storied auction house contends with debt, layoffs, and culture shock brought on by its new owner, the telecommunications billionaire Patrick Drahi. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

Promoting Cultural Heritage to Strengthen Syrian National Identity and Overcome Ethnic and Religious Fragmentation opiniojuris.org/2025/08/14/pro…

Well #BringOurGodsHome

Dalhousie's receipt for the Koh-i-Noor, dated 7th Dec 1849. Not controversial at all... "I have received this day from Dr. Login, into my personal possession for transmission to England, the Koh-i-Noor diamond, in the presence of the members of the Board of Administration, and of Sir Henry Elliot KCB, secretary of the Government of India. Lahore, December 7th 1849 DALHOUSIE Henry Lawrence Charles Mansel John Lawrence John Elliot

One of our earliest #BringOurGodsHome Finally @ChasingAphrodit thehindu.com/news/national/…

First ones are always to be cherished #BringOurGodsHome @ChasingAphrodit Retrieved Chola-era Ardhanarisvara sculpture to be on public display at Vriddachalam temple - The Hindu share.google/sSXAZS3U6iCF6A…

@C4ADS Cool. What’d you find with it?

Can AI help stop the sale of looted antiquities? At the AI+ Expo hackathon, C4ADS built a tool to detect looted Sudanese artifacts on platforms like eBay—using image matching and OpenAI’s reasoning engine to flag listed items and protect cultural heritage in conflict zones.