Sunday, 17 December 2023

The Plundered Soul of a Nation: US Collections and Cambodian Looting

       The infamous Gallery 249 Metropolitan Museum, New York      

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return 13 antiquities to Cambodia that are linked to Douglas Latchford, an art dealer who was charged with trafficking, Federal Prosecutors announced two days ago.
CBS News 60 Minutes

How Cambodian artifacts stolen from temples ended up in American museums, private collections 60-minutes By Anderson Cooper. Dec 17, 2023
It might be the greatest art heist in history – thousands of Cambodia’s cultural treasures, including sacred stone, bronze and gold artifacts, have been looted from religious sites across the country. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. http://60Minutes.com
Worth a watch. The latest in quite along line of material reflecting CNN interest in Cambodian looting. 

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