Seized Thai artefacts to return to Cambodia
16 artefacts seized from smugglers in Thailand are to be returned to Cambodia, Thailand has announced. These artefacts are not ...
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.
Cambodia request to inspect Bangkok trove stalled
The Cambodian request to inspect a trove of Khmer artefacts seized in Bangkok has been stalled indefinitely, with the Thai ...
Cambodia seek access to seized trove of artefacts in Bangkok
Cambodian officials are seeking access to a seized trove of artefacts in Bangkok to determine if they were looted from ...
Public Lecture: Archaeology of the Middle Mekong Basin
Dr. Joyce White of the Institute of Southeast Asian Archaeology will give a talk on the archaeology of Laos in ...
The looting of antiquities in Southeast Asia
Last week Unesco organised a symposium on the illicit trafficking of antiquities (which I will write a little bit more ...
Shipwrecks reveal ancient trade routes
A feature on the underwater archaeology of Quang Ngai province, where the Binh Chau district is particularly rich with underwater ...
Ban Chiang artefacts return to Thailand
Last week, over 500 artefacts from Thailand were officially handed back to the country from the Bowers Museum in the ...
Reporting from the Unesco Symposium on the Illicit Trafficking of Antiquities
Today and the rest of the week I am at the Unesco Symposium on the Illicit Trafficking of Antiquities here ...
Locals reportedly looting shipwrecks in Quang Ngai Province
Fresh out of the underwater archaeology conference in Quang Ngai Province comes more reports of looting of shipwrecks by locals ...
Buy Wrath of the Phantom Army and help support Khmer heritage
While it sounds like the name of a Star Wars prequel, Wrath of the Phantom Army is a comic book ...
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