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Turkish Smuggler Caught with Dozens Byzantine, Persian Gold Coins at Bulgaria-Turkey Border: archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/03/29/tur…

Regional museums break ranks with UK government on return of #Benin bronzes! theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…

Two Thai artifacts in a San Francisco museum were stolen. Now, they’re on their way home! latimes.com/california/sto…

Greece Lifts Long Ban on Divers Exploring Old Shipwrecks and Plane Wrecks thenationalherald.com/archive_genera…

Travel Back in Time on a Virtual 3D Tour to the Famed Roman Temples of Baalbek! The @dai_weltweit officially presents its app "Baalbek reborn" in a video conference! More information: dainst.org/presse/pressem…

One euro given to Mali and UNESCO on Tuesday 30 March as symbolic reparation for Timbuktu's heritage. fr.unesco.org/news/euro-remi…

Ancient city of Cyrene looted for its treasures | The Times of London The ancient Greek city of Cyrene in Lebanon survived revolution, war and Islamic State but now faces destruction from developers, who are destroying tombs and looting artefacts. thetimes.co.uk/article/ancien…

“Lorry driver is jailed for two years for trying to smuggle ancient coins, arrowheads and statues into UK to sell for Bulgarian mafia bosses” And if those coins made it onto UK legal market they would be laundered and could be sold anywhere dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

Benin home? theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-m…

How Covid facilitated the proliferation of fakes: lesechos.fr/industrie-serv…

Recovered: Greek authorities recover a 5th century BCE headless marble statue of a seated male! art-crime.blogspot.com/2021/03/recove…

Egypt agrees to help Iraq recover looted antiquities! #cultureendanger al-monitor.com/originals/2021…

📢NEW exciting funded #PhD fellowship at CCHT! #Position on #EarthSciences and #MachineLearning for detecting buried #CulturalHeritage from #EarthObservation! Info: ccht@iit.it ccht.iit.it/news To apply: rb.gy/dot8gs pg. 27,28 Deadline: 21/04 @IITalk @CaFoscari

You want to know more about the ongoing initiatives to fight looting and trafficking of cultural goods? Enjoy the Poster session “Combatting Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property – New Weapons in an Old Fight” of NETCHER’s Final Forum! netcher.eu/agenda/provisi…

Preparations for our #NetcherFinalForum are in full swing! The speakers of our poster session look forward to seeing you! 👉More information here: netcher.eu/project-news/n…

Recording #CulturalHeritage for Post-Conflict Recovery using #GIS 🤓!

We're starting the three days #3Dreconstruction of #culturalheritage at #risk #trainingprogramme #H2020 @Netcher5 @CCHT_CaFoscari @CaFoscari @SciGalleryVce Welcome to all the attendees!

Romanian Heritage Police Recover Unique Lost Viking Helmet 👏👮! balkaninsight.com/2021/02/12/rom…

In Egypt, looters and traffickers of antiquities can face sentences of life in prison and a fine of 5mil EGP (~$320k US). So why do so many people risk life in prison? Economic desperation and a no-questions-asked antiquities market with huge demand. egypttoday.com/Article/1/9856…

Our NETcher paper in The Project Repository Journal n°8 has just been published (see p. 50-53). Enjoy! edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/p…