Anonymous Swiss Collector

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Cultural guardian confronts the looters, a profile of… me

Posted on 15 January 2015

*Blush*/*Shameless self promotion*

Film Review

Dance of the Maize God: a beautiful film about the pillaging of the Maya past

Posted on 24 July 2014

Out of the looters trench and on to the computer in less than an hour: a film review from Belize.

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Was the ancient Maya tomb of Copán’s first queen looted “to order”?

Posted on 21 June 2014

The looting of a spectacular Maya tomb only months after it appeared in National Geographic.

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When looters find lost cities: Site Q and Ixtontón

Posted on 19 May 2014

Sometimes archaeologists don’t get there first…

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‘God is dead and doesn’t watch’: Easter week tomb robbing on Peru’s north coast

Posted on 20 April 2014

Easter Week: the traditional time of grave robbing on Peru’s north coast.

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Two pots, two stories: vignette on the looting of Guatemala’s Maya past

Posted on 1 April 2014

How does an ancient Maya vase end up in a UK museum?

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Looting Río Azul and “looting” the Detroit Institute of Arts

Posted on 27 July 2013

The controversy surrounding the bankruptcy of the city of Detroit

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High Crimes: Studying the Illicit Antiquities Trade in the Bolivian Andes

Posted on 27 July 2013

Yesterday I participated in the Day of Archaeology.

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