Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues

A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.

Saturday, 21 March 2026

Missile Attack on Old Jerusalem

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  A missile has just struck Jerusalem’s Old City, very near to the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (all U...
Friday, 20 March 2026

These Ancient Sites are in Jeopardy

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In the southwestern Amazon, one archeologist is fighting to protect ancient sites from Brazil’s seemingly unstoppable agribusiness indust...
Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Arrested Russian archaeologist wanted in Ukraine for Activities in occupied Crimea Will Probably be Extradited

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Kate Tsurkan, ' Poland approves Russian archaeologist's extradition to Ukraine over work in occupied Crimea ' Kyiv Independent ...
Sunday, 15 March 2026

More Cultural Crimes in US 'Epstein Raids'

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As reported by Iranwire , as a result of the ongoing illegal US and Israeli bombing raids a number of Iran’s historic buildings have been da...
Friday, 13 March 2026

Israel Continues its Eighty Year Habit of Being the Aggressor State

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Israel is using the cover of the Iran war to empty out southern Lebanon in the same way as they have made a desolation (the real meaning of ...
Sunday, 8 March 2026

Casualties of War [updated]

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For four years now, the US has steadfastly failed to react in any meaningful way to the striking of civilian targets in Ukraine by the Russ...
Thursday, 5 March 2026

Trump Fires 'Cosplay Barbie' from DHS

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There are changes at the top of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) . It will no longer be led by the scandal-prone Kristi Noem (in po...
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Paul Barford
British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.
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