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News

Some thoughts on the Hobby Lobby antiquities case

Posted on 6 July 2017

Handy bullet points! Yes, you should all be upset but this isn’t a surprise.

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Culture crime news 19 June–2 July 2017

Posted on 3 July 2017

Hot this week: Corrupt idol cops in India

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India v. Pakistan: The Dancing Girl from Mohenjo-daro

Posted on 25 June 2017

Archaeology, partition, museum loans, and a big dispute over a small statue

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Looted, smuggled, returned antiquities in the National Museum, New Delhi

Posted on 23 June 2017

Pics of 3 stolen Indian idols returned from the National Gallery of Australia

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Culture crime news 12–18 June 2017

Posted on 19 June 2017

Hot this week: Return demands with formal requests required

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Culture crime news 5–11 June 2017

Posted on 12 June 2017

Hot this week: Don’t offer art for votes.

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Culture crime news 30 May–4 June 2017

Posted on 5 June 2017

Hot this week: Genocide as a repatriation roadblock

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Culture crime news 22–29 May 2017

Posted on 30 May 2017

Hot this week: Gods return from Australia to India

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Culture crime news 15–21 May 2017

Posted on 22 May 2017

Hot this week: Skulls in New Zealand that are most certainly Māori

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The bright beauty of Mexican village churches

Posted on 20 May 2017

Photos of sacred structures from a road trip through the Yucatán peninsula.

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Culture crime news 8–14 May 2017

Posted on 15 May 2017

Hot this week: Cultural appropriation as theft?

Book Review

Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World’s Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler by Jessica Speart

Posted on 14 May 2017

“I am the Indiana Jones of insects”

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