Officials from Preah Sihanouk urge citizens to surrender artifacts
via Thmey Thmey, 12 December 2020: Article in Khmer about government officials in Preah Sihanouk province urging the public to ...
Tag: looting
The act of looting or stealing during a disturbance is a form of cultural theft. Looted artifacts often become part of the antiquities trade in Southeast Asia. In some cases, artifacts whose provenance can be established are repatriated to their home countries.
Lawsuit Against Asian Art Museum Seeks Return Of Artifacts ‘Looted’ From Ancient Thai Temples
via CBS San Francisco, 28 October 2020: Civil suit filed against the Asian Art Museum to return two lintels looted ...
[Paper] Good practice: international collaboration on shared difficult heritage
via the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, 28 September 2020: A short paper about the joint Indonesian-Dutch mission to ...
Cambodian man arrested with almost 300 centuries-old jars
via AP, 29 September 2020: Similar jars have been found in the Koh Kong shipwreck.
André Malraux: big hero or ‘little thief’?
via Khmer Times, 31 August 2020: Andre Malreaux served as the French Minister of Cultural Affairs and was also once ...
Douglas Latchford: The Man Who Pillaged Cambodia
via The Diplomat, 21 August 2020: An article by Tess Davis of the Antiquities Coalition of the dark legacy left ...
Indicted smuggler of antiquities Douglas Latchford dies in Bangkok
via The Art Newspaper, 10 and 12 August 2020: Douglas Latchford, who was indicted by the New York District Attorney ...
Ancient cave under threat
via The Star, 27 July 2020: Gua Matsurat, a cave site in Ipoh, has yielded some artefacts and rock art, ...
Looters target Myanmar temple treasures in tourist slump
via Bangkok Post, 06 July 2020: With thousands of temples over 40 square miles, policing the archaeological zone is no ...
Looting in Northwest Cambodia
via APSARA TV News, 18 May 2020: A video story in Khmer about villagers digging for artefacts for sale in ...
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