Forum on Terrorist Financing to Address Illicit Sales of Antiquities In U.S. and Internationally Thursday, September 24, 2015 8:30 - 11:30 AM Asia Society, 725 [...]
Culture in Conflict: Where Can ISIS Get $1 Million? Antiquities Coalition Infographic March 2015
Response by Antiquities Coalition Chair Deborah Lehr on ISIS’ Destruction of the Ancient City of Nimrud Press Release - Antiquities Coalition 6 March 2015
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 [...]
Response by Antiquities Coalition Chair Deborah Lehr On ISIS's Destruction of the Ancient City of Nimrud Press Release - Antiquities Coalition 19 March 2015
2015 Cairo Conference: Cultural Property Under Threat Press Release - Antiquities Coalition 26 May 2015
Introducing the Antiquities Coalition’s New Video Series, “Culture Under Threat: Terrorism and Profiteering” Antiquities Coalition Blog 23 June 2015
June 23, 2015 The world will not look away. Ten nations from across the Middle East and North Africa recently pledged a coordinated response to stem terrorist [...]
Digital Monuments Men wage online war against Islamic State looting Ben Farmer The Telegraph 6 June 2015
UN unable to stop IS relic-smuggling from Iraq and Syria James Reinl Middle East Eye 4 June 2015
Heritage in Crisis discussed on The Jim Bohannon Show The Jim Bohannon Show 22 May 2015
Heritage in Crisis discussed on The Jim Bohannon Show The Jim Bohannon Show 22 May 2015 Antiquities segment starts at 40:25 On [...]
Save statues, Saves lives Matthew Bogdanos, Tess Davis, Atheel Al Nujaifi Foreign Policy 2 June 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 (English Translation) SCA [...]
(Arabic) Antiquities Coalition Chair, Deborah M. Lehr interviewed by Radio Sawa Radio Sawa 30 March 2015
TEN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE CAIRO DECLARATION, TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT THE WAR CRIME OF LOOTING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HERITAGE [...]
The Cairo Declaration Released in Cairo, Egypt May 14, 2015 Recognizing the continuing threat to our economic, cultural well-being and national security as a result [...]
Culture Under Threat: Fighting Terrorist Financing in the Middle East Deborah Lehr and Wendy Chamberlin Huffington Post 12 May 2015
UN says destruction of Mideast historical sites 'war crime' Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Washington Post 13 May 2015
CAIRO, May 14, 2015 – Ten nations from across the Middle East agreed today to take cooperative and ongoing steps to stop the looting and [...]
2015 Cairo Conference Cultural Property Under Threat: The Cultural, Economic and Security Impact of Antiquities Theft in the Middle East Day 1 • 13 May [...]
16 April 2015 - Weighing in on the vital importance of the world"s cultural artifacts and the illegal trade that endangers them, experts at an [...]
April 13, 2015 CCTV America Andrew Moore was interviewed this week on the activities of ISIL by CCTV America (Chinese-based international TV station). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImILNgcVDs.
IS looting provokes call for global response Jane O'Brien BBC News, Washington 17 April 2015
IS Cashed In Illicit Art Trade, Probably Millions German News Agency DPA 9 April 2015
The Race to Protect Antiquities in Syria Sarah Lynch USA Today 18 March 2015
March 30, 2015 Radio Sawa Antiquities Coalition Chair, Deborah M. Lehr interviewed by corespondent Amir Bibawy on Radio Sawa. This interview is in Arabic, and focuses [...]
With the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the world rightfully asked how a militant faction too extreme for Al-Qaeda [...]
The Tomb Raiders of Mesopotamia: Fighting ISIL, terrorism financing and saving our cultural heritage Mark V. Vlasic Huffington Post 26 March 2015
March 15, 2015 NY Times By Tom Mashberg http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/assyrian-artifacts-to-be-returned-to-iraq/ American officials on Monday are expected to repatriate about 65 objects to the Iraqi government, among [...]
ISIS Assault On Civilization Targets Relics Once Saved From Looters Cristina Corbin Fox News 11 March 2015
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 [...]
