UCL damned over handling of looted Aramaic antiquities
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UCL damned over handling of looted Aramaic antiquities
A report which concluded that ancient bowls on loan from a Norwegian collector “must have been illegally excavated in Iraq” has not been made public
Careful arrangements are being made for scholars cataloguing cuneiform tablets at SOAS following dispute at UCL
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Careful arrangements are being made for scholars cataloguing cuneiform tablets at SOAS following dispute at UCL
Some of these tablets originate from Iraq
Incantation bowls returned to collector after being subject of a recent independent inquiry
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Incantation bowls returned to collector after being subject of a recent independent inquiry
The objects have been on loan to UCL since 1995
Norwegian collector to sue British university for return of his antiquities
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Norwegian collector to sue British university for return of his antiquities
But scholars say they are likely to have been looted from Iraq
Studying unprovenanced antiquities: The question of Schøyen's incantation bowls
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Studying unprovenanced antiquities: The question of Schøyen's incantation bowls
University College London has set up an inquiry to examine the origin of “looted” bowls on loan from a Norwegian collector
Professor David Harris, outgoing director of the Institute of Archaeology, London, discusses the work of one of the world’s leading research departments
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Professor David Harris, outgoing director of the Institute of Archaeology, London, discusses the work of one of the world’s leading research departments
“A world institute involved in world archaeology”
Time for a whip-round: Indiana Jones’s bull whip on sale to raise funds for Institute of Archaeology's new centre
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Time for a whip-round: Indiana Jones’s bull whip on sale to raise funds for Institute of Archaeology's new centre
The prop is is one of the star lots in Christie’s South Kensington's Film and Entertainment sale