Tuesday 6 June 2023

You Don't Say.


International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods (Created by ICOM), 6 Jun 2023:
Over 22,000 #looted cultural objects were seized by the local authorities in Mardin, in Türkiye, along with metal detectors, and were delivered to Mardin Museum The immense number of objects in this seizure shows the dangers posed by metal detectors to cultural heritage


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1 comment:

  1. Brian Mattick7 June 2023 at 00:13

    22,000 looted cultural objects:

    Little more than a month's LEGAL haul here, mostly not reported.

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