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Museum Security Network: Cultural Property Incidents - offers news and information on art theft, looting, fires, forgeries, and more. Contributions welcome.
Sources of Information on Antiquities Theft - by Laura Pope Robbins. Bibliography of information ranging from emphemeral sources to web sites.
Michel van Rijn.com - van Rijn details instances of major auction house blunders, museum misidentifications, and more. Features a Swindler's List column.
From Cyprus to Munich - Turkish looters stripped icons and several dozen major frescoes and mosaics from Northern Cyprus.
Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park - features Native American burial and ceremonial mounds. Site includes information on a large collection of pottery that was stolen in 1974.
Stolen Stones - concerning the modern sack of Nineveh.
Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (IARC) - monitoring and reporting on the detrimental effects of the international trade in stolen and illegally exported antiquities.
Looting Matters! - features research and studies by David Gill and Christopher Chippindale on the material and intellectual consequences of antiquities collecting.
Price Of Age, The - Andrew Cranwell's investigation into the illicit trade of antiquities.
Stolen Property or Finders Keepers - by Dede Tisone-Bartels. Includes groups of links to famous art thefts, including the Benin Bronzes and Elgin Marbles.