The Significance Of The Israeli Antiquities Authority

The old metal was melted and sold to store-dealers. Old tin and iron vessels were also melted down and sold to make things like clamps for trunks and for making copperas – used in dying, tanning, or making ink. Old bricks and oyster shells were sold to builders for sinking foundations and forming roads. All broken glass vessels were sold to old glass shops. Old boots and shoes were sold to “Prussian-blue manufactures”. Finally, all jewelry, coins, and other forms of money were either kept or sold to Jews. Due to all of these “hidden treasures,” big dust heaps could have been worth thousands of pounds.

to Mark Grossman. Andre Lopoukhine had possession of the painting and sold the painting to Mark Grossman. Andre Lopoukhine then did not make payment to Morgold Inc. Mark Grossman did not know that Andre Lopoukhine was not going to make payment to Mark Grossman. He purchased the painting as a good-faith purchaser. A good faith purchaser is someone that did not know that an item belonged to some else and paid fair market value. (Kubasek, Brown, Herron, Dhooge, & Barkacs, 2015, p. 280)

From what I learned from the past assigned readings and class discussions, one of the difficult decisions that museums have to make is do they return their objects/artifacts back to their original countries or cultural group. This issue is an ethical dilemma because, would it be the museum to legally keep the objects because of their belief that they can protect and use these items (Warren 1999: 1-20). Or, would it be ethical for the museum to return the items that were previously removed from their country or place of origin. Based on my lecture notes and discussion for this week’s class, one of the ways which many countries and cultural groups are able to acquire back their objects/artifacts legally is through the process of restitution and

The coin is about 2,000 years old. This coin is very rare. There are not very many of this coin. There are only a couple left. They think that it’s very rare that a coin so old would just be laying in the eastern Galilee. The eastern Galilee is where Jesus walked on water.

In “Bring Them Home,” the author explains why certain countries sell their artifacts to protect them from conflicts in their country. Many countries need a place to send their very important valuables to prevent them from getting damaged. A country will sale or send their valuables to a trustable country.As stated in the article,Greece sent “stunning marble sculptures” that were in the Parthenon Temple to keep them from being damaged by the Turkish Government. Now,Greece has took their independence back and wants their sculptures back.It’s only right to send them back considering that Britain’s job was to

My artifact is part of the Egyptian art during Dynasty 12 and early reign of Amenemhat I.

The Syrian Warrior God is on display in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Hammer Building as a part of the “Art of the Ancient Near East” collection– a collection consisting of over two thousand objects spanning over four thousand years. Artifacts from all over the ancient Near East can be seen in the various, well lit, galleries of LACMA. With simple cream-colored walls, the stone reliefs, pottery, vessels, and sculptures, all clearly stand out behind their protective casings. Though the galleries offer thousands of artifacts to gaze upon, the collection is well organized and not at all overwhelming.

Historic treasures and artifacts are often donated to or purchased by other nations to place in their museums. Often museums are given the objects with full cooperation from the originating country, but sometimes they are stolen or given for protection such as in a time of war. When nations want the artifacts returned it can cause a disagreement with the other nations of who the rightful owner is.

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been described by numerous scholars and biblical commentators as one of the most important finds in archeological history. (Top 10 Most Important Historical Finds) The find occurred in 1947 when a Bedouin shepherd came across sealed jars in a cave containing leather scrolls. The scrolls which were subsequently brought to an antiques dealer in Bethlehem were purchased by a Syrian Orthodox Archbishop named Mar (Athanasius) Samuel. ( HYPERLINK "http://bible.org/byauthor/2658/Patrick%20Zukeran" Zukeran) He recognized that the scrolls were in Hebrew and were possibly very ancient. These scrolls were then examined by a prominent Middle East archaeologist, Dr. William Albright, and were confirmed as originating between the first and second century B.C. ( HYPERLINK "http://bible.org/byauthor/2658/Patrick%20Zukeran" Zukeran)

The United States and its allied partners have made good progress in their efforts to control terrorist activities in many parts of the globe, but these efforts can only yield results if the substantial funding sources of Da'esh and similar groups aren't curbed immediately. They must focus efforts on adopting proactive measures that curb the market of looted and stolen antiquities and artifacts by terrorist organizations. Blood antiquities serve as a major means of funding terrorists ensures their continued existence and the possibility for future expansion. The Middle East is an exceptional archaeological and art-historical palimpsest of vanished and still existing civilizations as illustrated with an array of sites and monuments spanning

Guided by “The Illiad” to a site in modern day Turkey, Schliemann, a German archaeologist, discovered a set of rings, coins, goblets, earrings, pendants and diadems knows to us as the Trojan treasure or Priam’s treasure. A collection of 259 gold, sliver and copper peices of jewlery is a small but exclusive share of the more than 8 000 pieces Schliemann unearthed between 1872 and 1890, in his lifelong quest to prove that the Trojan myths were not fiction but instead historical fact.

Antiques, they are hundreds, maybe thousands years old, but what if someone just took them from you. You would want them back, right? This valuable prized possession, someone just, stole. Well, imagine it a bit more extreme. That has been the major problem in Egypt for many years. Britain, France, and other surrounding countries have been stealing major antiquities from Egypt illegally for a long time. These countries should give back Egypt’s antiquities because, they deserve to be in their country of origin, these artifacts represent Egyptian culture, and Egyptian antiquities are not only limited to staying in the pyramids.

The penalty for goods offered or displayed for sale or actually sold at a total price of $1,000 or more is a fine up to $250,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both

According to, “ARTSY EDITORIAL BY ISAAC KAPLAN,” Isaac was very correct the people are missing the point. We want to protect our art not destroy them. We do want new art but we want it legal and safe. Not a present from during a war. That’s not how we want our art delivered, From criminals. We want the antiquities protected and not let people during war be the cause of destroying and or selling stolen art to America. “This legislation was designed to try and tackle what is a worldwide problem but also a problem internal to this U.S. government about how it coordinates its own response.”

Of the many crimes that are present in this day and age, one that not only vandalizes the property, but as well as historical background is that of art theft. A crime that has taken away the sanctity of churches as well as many other religious and historical sites. Thefts have ranged from WWII (World War II) to the times of the Holocaust. Of the items that were taken from the churches, relics were items of great priority. These items not only had great value to the churches they were stolen from, but a great value to relic collectors. Most of the items taking during these times were either sold or placed in underground storage. Most of these items that were place in these secret places were never to be seen again. From the