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This story comes from a Belizean hostel shareholder who works and lives in central Belize along the Hummingbird Highway surrounded…
Hot this week: Hard to tell from Belize. A truncated try at a newsletter from the field.
A story from day 2 in the field. After chatting to some kids about how fast ice melts and the…
A story from day one of fieldwork in Belize. I heard this one while waiting for a bus on the…
Hot this week: Iraq…and Iraq again. Don’t believe all the news you read, but do be worried.
Illegal filming at Mexican archaeological sites carries stiff penalties, as some filmmakers may soon find out. Some strange stories are…
In this post I will present two stories about one Maya vase: what we would have thought if the vase…
On last year’s day of archaeology I was 3700 feet above sea level, studying the looting of Andean churches. This…
Hot this week: After over 40 years, and after some surprising plot twists, the Motunui panels returned to New Zealand.
Hidden in 1800s by Māori fleeing war, 5 carved panels were smuggled, sold, (almost) used to pay a kidnapping ransom,…
A most unbelievable story of a looted (or fake) Maya book and mask.
I’m heading to Belize to look into antiquities trafficking. Who who should I speak with?
