Thursday, 24 January 2013

Buying Saharan Antiquities and other Collectables

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. "Following the recent attack on an Algerian gas plant, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says that the Sahara desert has turned ...

El-Hibeh and the Truth

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. Holes in El Hibeh in 2005 shown on Google Earth, compare that with those in Andy Dailey's accusatory article, blaming them on th...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Albanian Frescoes Sustain Irreversible Damage for Collectors' Market

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Past Horizons (' Albanian frescoes sustain irreversible damage ', Tuesday, January 22, 2013) is reporting that there has been more...
Tuesday, 22 January 2013

UK Metal detecting under the Microscope: Archival Storage for Artefacts

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The problem of the archival storage of artefacts in a properly managed collection is one that has many curators worried. Does the packag...

Discretion is the Better Part of ... Metal Detecting Blogging

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Followers of this blog will know that one of the sources of stories I have used to show the other face of metal detecting (the one the PAS...
Monday, 21 January 2013

Bones of Contention: Portable Antiquities Parallels

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  Peter Tompa draws attention to an interesting article (' Bones of Contention ') by Paige Williams in the New Yorker about ...
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Sunday, 20 January 2013

Three Items About Cambodian Antiquities Added to "Trafficking Culture"

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Now that Tessa Davis has joined the Glasgow team, it seems we may expect an incerase in focus on SE Asian antiquities. A taste o...