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- Khmer site located. A.L.S. // Archaeology;May/Jun99, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p31
Reports that hundreds of ancient sculptures have been stolen from the temple complex of Banteay Chhmar in Cambodia. location of the site; Military officers' alleged involvement in the theft; Use of pneumatic drills to dislodge the sculptures.
- Stolen statue seized. Shulman, Ken // Archaeology;Jul/Aug94, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p22
Reports on the Italian police's recovery of the statue Capitoline Triad which was stolen from an excavation site between Tivoli and Guidonia. Estimated date of the Roman statue; Arrest of two men in connection with the theft.
- Saving afghan culture. Lawler, Andrew // National Geographic;Dec2004, Vol. 206 Issue 6, p28
Focuses on the recovery of Afghan artifacts. Discovery of artifacts, including gold coins and a gemstone, by Mohammed Mokhtar Ahmadi; Possibility that Abdul Karim Khalili, a vice president of the post-Taliban Afghanistan, aided the disappearance of a box of artifacts; Discovery of the Bactrian...
- World's earliest wine. Berkowitz, Mark // Archaeology;Sep/Oct96, Vol. 49 Issue 5, p26
Focuses on the discovery of a jar in Iran that contains the remains of 7,000-year-old wine. Residue on the Hajji Firuz Tepe sherd.
- Politicking in Ancient Persia. Goldman, Bernard // Natural History;Apr76, Vol. 85 Issue 4, p36
Argues that the sculptures of Persepolis in Iran may reveal a public relations program to sell Darius I himself to the people of the Persian Empire. Darius' efforts to convince all men that only he could preserve the state from anarchy and misrule; Darius' use of pictorial reliefs to launch his...
- Can Egypt Protect Its Ancient Monuments? Weeks, Kent R. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);5/9/2011, Vol. 157 Issue 19, p5
The article focuses on antiquities theft in Egypt. Several objects have been stolen from the Egyptian Museum, including the wooden statuette of the king and a silver trumpet. Other threats facing the country include changes in the environment, air pollution and the expansion of industries. The...
- HING TIM. Coates, Karen J. // Archaeology;Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 59 Issue 1, p72
The article presents firsthand information about Hing Tim, the director of the Culture and Fine Arts Department in Sisophon Town, Cambodia. Tim states that his office is full of artifacts that need to be placed in a museum. He reports that there are three historical sites in his province. The...
- SpotLIGHt ON a mODeRN aRCHIteCtURaL LaNDmaRk. Bartle, Victoria // Heritage New Zealand;Summer2002, Issue 87, p26
This article presents information on a chapel which is a modern architectural landmark in Wellington, New Zealand. Developers of a Wellington site that includes one of New Zealand's foremost modernist churches are as horrified as local residents over damage and theft that have resulted in court...
- Iran in antiquity. Schuster, Angela M.H. // Archaeology;Jan/Feb94, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p68
Reports on the `Before Persepolis: Ashan in Highland Iran' exhibit which runs at The University of Museum of Archaeology/Anthropology in Philadelphia until August 31, 1994. Cultural development of the region featured; Objects on view; Supplemental information materials.
