Bronze Victory Statuette, Anonymous, December 17, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&

intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=ITALY%20LOOTED%20ANTIQUITIES

He is awesome but a looter indeed…

Indiana and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981. http://spielbergfanclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark-indiana-jones-3677978-1280-720.jpg

Involves the history and heritage of

People and their culture

the rights of peoples and their representation.

Does not what we know of our past affect who we are

now?

Does not History matter to current cultures and

nations?Mexico Egypt Exhibit, Jose Luis Magana,, March 28, 2005. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=MEXICO%20EGYPT%20EXHIBIT

People

Cultures

Nations

Museums

Collectors

Archaeology

Anthropology

And more…Roman Statues, Ahmed Akazir, November 26, 1997. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&page=2&dah=0%

The roots

The condition

The scale

Ancient Sarcophagus Lid, Sebastian Scheiner, April 4, 2012. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=ancient+egyptian+looted+antiquities&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10

What it is

Examples Griffon Statue

Euphronios Krater

The Lydian Treasure

Marble Griffon Statue, Anonymous, December 17, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=ITALY%20LOOTED%20ANTIQUITIES

The problem with collectors

Curators

Museums

Italian Culture Minister, Alessandra Tarantino, November 6, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=det&kw=ancient%20exhibits%20museum&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=or&adte=1334024897&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&ids=ITALY%20LOOTED%20ANTIQUITIES

UNESCO Convention of 1970

UNIDROIT Convention of 1995

UNESCO 2001 Underwater Protection

Law Enforcement

However it is still lacking…

Officer in front of Roman Artifacts, Anonymous, June 6, 2008. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=italy+looted+art&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10

Working Together!

Museums and Nations

Curators and Interest Groups

Museum Director and Culture Minister, Pear Paulo Cito, September 25, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&kw=looted%20antiquities&showact=results&sort=relevance&intv=None&sh=10&kwstyle=or&adte=1334027199&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&page=2&dah

Looting, Repatriation, and “Unprovenced” Artifacts

Why we should care

Who it involves

What can be done?

Italy Looted Artifacts, Anonymous, December 17, 2007. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=italy+looted+art&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10

JSTOR Articles Jones, Anna Laura. “Exploding Canons: The Anthropology of Museums.”

Annual Review of Anthropology 22 (1993): 201-20. JSTOR. Web. 3 Mar. 2012

Brodie, Neil, and Colin Renfrew. “Looting and the World’s Archaeological Heritage: The Inadequate Response.” Annual Review of Anthropology 34 (2005): 343-61. JSTOR. Web. 3 Mar. 2012

CQ Researcher Bettelheim, Adriel, and Rachel Adams. “Stolen Antiquities.” CQ Press 17.14

(2007):1-12. CQ Researcher. 13 Apr. 2007. Web. 3 Mar.. 2012 http://library.cqpress.com.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/cqresearcher/document.php?od=cqresre2007041300&type=hitlist&num=1

AP Images

Google Images

Archimedes Palimpsest, Anonymous, October 16, 2011. http://apimages.ap.org.proxy.uwlib.uwyo.edu/Search.aspx?st=k&remem=x&kw=Archimedes+Palimpsest+Exh

ibit&intv=None&shgroup=-10&sh=10