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Antiquities Coalition Calls on U.S. and All Nations to Use All Policy and Legal Tools to Halt the Destruction, Trafficking, and Sale of Illicit Antiquities

By |March 11th, 2015|Cultural Cleansing|

Washington, DC, March 11, 2015 ——— As ISIL extremists intensify their shameful march of destruction — destroying or looting and trafficking our shared heritage — the Antiquities Coalition [...]

Antiquities Coalition Calls on U.S. and All Nations to Use All Policy and Legal Tools to Halt the Destruction, Trafficking, and Sale of Illicit Antiquities

By |March 11th, 2015|Cultural Racketeering, Our Voices|

Antiquities Coalition Calls on U.S. and All Nations to Use All Policy and Legal Tools to Halt the Destruction, Trafficking, and Sale of Illicit Antiquities [...]

Antiquities Coalition Appeal to the International Criminal Court

By |March 9th, 2015|Our Voices|

Antiquities Coalition Appeal to the International Criminal Court Antiquities Coalition Blog 9 March 2015

RESPONSE BY ANTIQUITIES COALITION CHAIR DEBORAH LEHR ON ISIS’ DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF NIMRUD

By |March 6th, 2015|Cultural Cleansing|

Download  PDF Version AC Press Release 2015-3-11 Washington, DC, March 6, 2015 ——— Every person on the planet should pause after yesterday's violent attack on humanity’s [...]

Antiquities Coalition Statement on Mosul Museum

By |March 6th, 2015|Cultural Heritage|

  Member of ISIS destroyed the priceless Assyrian winged bull statue at the Mosul Museum. Photo Credit: Vice Following the events in Mosul last week, [...]

ISIS Bulldozing of Ancient Nimrud Site in Iraq Stirs Outrage

By |March 6th, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

ISIS Bulldozing of Ancient Nimrud Site in Iraq Stirs Outrage Rick Gladstone and Somini Sengupta NY Times 6 March 2015

The Illegal Antiquities Trade Funded The Iraqi Insurgency. Now It’s Funding The Islamic State.

By |March 6th, 2015|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

The Illegal Antiquities Trade Funded The Iraqi Insurgency. Now It’s Funding The Islamic State. Washington Post Reid Wilson 9 March 2015

Criminal Justice Matters Stealing the Past: Terrorists and the Black Market for Antiquities

By |March 4th, 2015|Cultural Cleansing, Cultural Heritage|

March 4, 2015 As part of its "Criminal Justice Matters" series with Stephen Handelman, CUNY TV recently featured Antiquities Coalition Co-Founder Peter Herdrich and John [...]

Egypt Organizes an International Conference to Combat the Looting of Culture Heritage in the Arab World

By |February 27th, 2015|Cultural Racketeering, Private-Public Partnership, Relevant Reading|

Reuters Arabic CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt intends to organize an international conference addressing the looting of culture and heritage of the Arab world in May, [...]

ISIS Video Purports to Show Militants Smashing Ancient Iraq Artifacts

By |February 26th, 2015|Our Voices, The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

ISIS Video Purports to Show Militants Smashing Ancient Iraq Artifacts NBC News 26 February 2015

Islamic State Releases Video of Artifact-Smashing in Mosul Museum (VIDEO)

By |February 26th, 2015|Cultural Cleansing, Our Voices, The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Islamic State Releases Video of Artifact-Smashing in Mosul Museum CTV News 26 February 2015

SCA press release (9-2-2015): The Arab Republic of Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities Organizes an International Conference Next May to Face the Attempts of Tempering with Cultural Heritage

By |February 20th, 2015|Cultural Racketeering|

SCA press release (9-2-2015) "The Ministry of Antiquities Organizes an International Conference next May to face the attempts of tempering with cultural heritage. The Minister of [...]

Saving Antiquities For Everyone

By |December 20th, 2014|Our Partners|

SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving cultural heritage worldwide.

A Great Night for ASOR as the Secretary of State Says Thanks

By |September 30th, 2014|Our Voices|

A Great Night for ASOR as the Secretary of State Says Thanks Antiquities Coalition Blog 30 September 2014

Deborah Lehr Speaks on Behalf of Antiquities Coalition with Amr Adib

By |September 22nd, 2014|Cultural Racketeering|

Amr Adib Alqahera Alyoum Show 22 September 2014   Deborah Lehr, Chairman of The Antiquities Coalition, interviews with Amr Adib (skip to interview: 44:53 --- [...]

How the Council on Library and Information Resources Is Helping Save Cultural Heritage in Egypt

By |June 25th, 2014|Cultural Heritage, Cultural Racketeering, Inventories, Private-Public Partnership|

By Peter Herdrich Vice Chair, The Antiquities Coalition Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and Antiquities Coalition Chairman Deborah Lehr sign the MoU as Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed [...]

Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Repatriated: American Family Returns Personal Collection to Egypt

By |June 19th, 2014|Our Voices|

Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Repatriated: American Family Returns Personal Collection to Egypt Antiquities Coalition Blog 19 June 2014

American Woman Repatriates Antiquities to Egyptian Embassy in Washington, DC

By |June 18th, 2014|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

American Woman Repatriates Antiquities to Egyptian Embassy in Washington, DC Youm 7 (ARABIC) 18 June 2014

Antiquities Repatriated to Egypt

By |June 17th, 2014|The Antiquities Coalition in the News|

Antiquities Repatriated to Egypt Press Release Embassy of Egypt - Washington, DC 17 June 2014

Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) hearing on Egypt’s MoU request for US import restrictions to combat the looting of Egyptian antiquities

By |June 6th, 2014|Cultural Racketeering, Media Library|

The Antiquities Coalition strongly supports the request of the Egyptian government for the United States to provide additional protections against the import of illicit Egyptian [...]

The Antiquities Coalition Hosts Top Cambodian Officials at Roundtable on Cultural Racketeering

By |May 14th, 2014|Cultural Racketeering|

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO A GLOBAL PROBLEM EMPHASIZED Cambodian officials continuing their efforts to repatriate a group of statues looted during the country's civil war joined the [...]

Egyptian Government Formally Requests Emergency Import Restrictions from U.S. State Department

By |May 6th, 2014|Cultural Racketeering|

The Egyptian government has formally requested that the State Department impose emergency restrictions on the import of Egyptian antiquities into the United States without the [...]

Antiquities Coalition Chairman Addresses “Stolen Heritage: Cultural Racketeering in Egypt” at The Middle East Institute in Washington, DC

By |April 25th, 2014|Cultural Racketeering, Our Voices|

Antiquities Coalition Chairman Addresses “Stolen Heritage: Cultural Racketeering in Egypt” at The Middle East Institute in Washington, DC Antiquities Coalition Blog 25 April 2015  

The Antiquities Coalition Hosts Egyptologist and Activist Dr. Monica Hanna

By |April 18th, 2014|Cultural Racketeering, Photographic Evidence|

Dr. Monica Hanna. Credit: Saving Antiquities for Everyone The Antiquities Coalition was pleased to host the founder of the Egypt's Heritage Task Force, Dr. Monica [...]

Partnership Established Between The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and The International Coalition to Protect Egyptian Antiquities

By |March 14th, 2014|Private-Public Partnership|

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities and ICPEA sign Public - Private Partnership on March 10, 2014 in Washington,DC.  (Left to Right) Egyptian Ambassador to the [...]

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