David L Tranbarger · @dltcoins
48 followers · 37 posts · Server zirk.us

The US has returned its first antiquity to , a 2,880-year-old ivory spoon believed to have been from an archaeological site in the Palestinian village of Al-Kum. A repatriation ceremony was held in Bethlehem in the West Bank.
@archaeodons @histodons
news.artnet.com/art-world/us-r

#Palestine #looted #archaeology #antiquities #HeritageCrime

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David L Tranbarger · @dltcoins
43 followers · 30 posts · Server zirk.us

An ancient wooden sarcophagus dating between 664 and 332 BCE, once featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, has been returned to after US authorities determined it had been looted years ago.
@archaeodons
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-03/loo

#egypt #archaeology #egyptology #HeritageCrime

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David L Tranbarger · @dltcoins
40 followers · 21 posts · Server zirk.us
David L Tranbarger · @dltcoins
36 followers · 19 posts · Server zirk.us

has returned 176 "antique coins" seized at Egyptian ports to their countries of origin - , , and . Interestingly, several of the specifically mentioned are quite modern, dating from the first half of the 20th century.
arabnews.com/node/2215686/midd

#egypt #saudiarabia #jordan #iraq #china #coins #numismatics #HeritageCrime #repatriation

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David L Tranbarger · @dltcoins
36 followers · 18 posts · Server zirk.us

A number of treasure finds including a small hoard of have gone missing from a secure facility at the Lancashire County Museum Service. Police are investigating.
thepipeline.info/blog/2022/11/
@archaeodons @histodons

#uk #roman #coins #numismatics #archaeology #antiquities #HeritageCrime

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AncientPLay · @AncientPLay
72 followers · 77 posts · Server mastodon.world

...! Indy is literally raiding a tomb here. More on Lara-ism later, but for now here's another ancient corpse in armour. Sea-eels burst out of it.
and combined! <chills>
3/10

#tombraider #horror #HeritageCrime

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Seán Fobbe · @seanfobbe
1106 followers · 281 posts · Server fediscience.org
JakiChantler · @jakichantler49
131 followers · 2706 posts · Server mastodon.world

Imagine keeping all these ancient gold coins worth a King’s ransom in one place!

RT @pipelinenews@twitter.com

News: In what seems to be a professionally executed theft, a hoard of 450 European Iron Age coins have been stolen from Manching museum, Bavaria.
The thieves appear to have stopped alarms reaching the Police by cutting off phone & internet. theguardian.com/world/2022/nov

🐦🔗: twitter.com/pipelinenews/statu

#HeritageCrime

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Gerrit Dusseldorp · @Dussel
21 followers · 9 posts · Server fediscience.org

is ate best a tragedy of the commons. Individuals appropriate which is a collective good.

In some cases, using mechanical diggers, using pumps to lower the groundwater table, selling of the objects that are recovered, it is downright . (Also, with the possibility of explosives near WWII plane wrecks, very dangerous).

Metaldetecting should be licensed.

volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergro

#HeritageCrime #archaeology #looting #heritage #MetalDetecting

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Alvi K · @booksandleather
17 followers · 1 posts · Server hcommons.social

In a rare instance (ba dum tiss) of timely insight, I've changed instances to before making too many posts! I suppose reintroductions are in order.

I'm a PhD candidate studying the sociology and structure of the specifically focusing on , , and . Here's hoping those tags fill up more! My background is in and , and I'm a private librarian by day. Part of and . I mostly post about of various forms, plus some photographic experimentation (and cats, of which I have two).

Pleased to meet you all!

#HeritageCrime #bookhistodons #medievodons #manuscriptstudies #materiality #bookbreaking #fragmentology #manuscripts #RareBookTrade #hcommons

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