The removal from their rightful owners or from archaeological sites of objects of artistic, historic or cultural value. This includes wartime looting of art and antiquities.
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- The Iraq War and Archaeology Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.
- Art Theft - Most Wanted Art Search for the world's most wanted art.
- Price of Age An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.
- Looting Question Bibliography Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.
- The Art Loss Register Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.
- NYTimes.com - Thwarting Art Thieves on a Budget Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded.
- Stolen Art This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques. Register stolen art pieces. Newsletters.
- CBC Indepth: Art Thefts Indepth examination of some of the world's most famous artworks that have been stolen, including audio and video links to reports.
- Your Brush With The Law Charles Vincent Sabba looks at some famous art crimes, forensic art and the art scene in New York.
- Britain Leads Illicit Trade in Rare Books The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.
- Gang Caught with 200,000 Artefacts Giles Tremlett reports in the Guardian that Spanish police have captured 100 archaeological robbers in an operation that netted a vast haul of antiques up to 5,000 years old.
- Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.
- Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus
- Swiss Recover 10,000 Stolen Antiquities Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recoveries of stolen art treasures.
- BBC: Stolen Turner Paintings Found Two Turner paintings from the Tate galleries' collection, stolen while on display in Germany eight years ago, are found.