#antiquités

Palestinians accuse Israel of stealing 1,500-year-old Christian relic from Bethlehem | Middle East Eye
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Palestinians have accused Israel of an “abominable act of thuggery and cultural appropriation” after a 1500-year-old Christian relic was “stolen” by Israeli forces early on Monday.

Video footage posted online by the PLO Department of Public Diplomacy and Policy showed Israeli forces escorting a large flatbed truck out from the town of Tuqu, in the occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem.

The rare artefact, which dates back to the Byzantine period, was used as a water basin for baptisms and is one of three known relics of its kind.

The other two include one recently discovered at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and another belonging to a church in Beit Jibrin, an ancient Palestinian town left in ruins following Israel’s 1948 invasion.

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#palestine #pillage #antiquités

Antiquities looted in Syria and Iraq are sold on Facebook - BBC News
▻https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47628369

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Private groups also discuss how to illegally excavate ancient tombs, according to research by academics.

Facebook says it has removed 49 groups following the BBC’s investigation.

The BBC has also seen evidence that antiquities are still being smuggled from Iraq and Syria into Turkey, despite a police clampdown and the retreat of the Islamic State group.

#antiquités #pillage #syrie #irak #Turquie

Where is the world’s largest hoard of looted antiquities? Syria? Iraq? Nope, London. ~ ARCAblog
▻http://art-crime.blogspot.com/2017/09/where-is-worlds-largest-hoard-of-looted.html

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I attempted to speak with representatives of the Department for Culture Media & Sport in both the present and former governments, but no one admitted any knowledge of the Symes warehouses nor discussions to repatriate items.

#pillage #antiquités #Londres

La #Russie dénonce la #contrebande d’#antiquités par #Daesh … et la complicité de Turcs
▻http://www.bruxelles2.eu/2016/04/07/la-russie-denonce-la-contrebande-dantiquites-syriennes-et-des-turcs

« En Syrie et en Irak, près de 100.000 objets appartenant au #patrimoine_mondial sont aux mains de l’État islamique d’Irak et du Levant (EIIL). On estime que le montant des revenus annuels que les islamistes tirent du trafic d’antiquités et de pièces archéologiques est compris entre 150 et 200 millions de dollars. »

#archéologie #Turquie

Isis profits from destruction of antiquities by selling relics to dealers – and then blowing up the buildings they come from to conceal the evidence of looting - Voices - The Independent

▻http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/isis-profits-from-destruction-of-antiquities-by-selling-relics-to-dea

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So why is Isis blowing to pieces the greatest artefacts of ancient history in Syria and Iraq? The archeologist Joanne Farchakh has a unique answer to a unique crime. First, Isis sells the statues, stone faces and frescoes that international dealers demand. It takes the money, hands over the relics – and blows up the temples and buildings they come from to conceal the evidence of what has been looted.

#syrie #is #isis #ei #antiquités