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The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) announces the appointment of Keith Twitchell to replace Peter Tompa as the club's Executive Director.

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee was bypassed by the U.S. government in an August decision to extend an emergency memorandum of understanding implemented three years ago.

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Ask a collector of ancient coins if they have ever bought a coin from an overseas vendor, and you will more likely than

Under the new rules, U.S. customs agents may return seized artifacts to the Taliban—a group with a history of destroying Afghan artifacts.

US State Department said on Tuesday that the US had restricted import of cultural and historical items from Afghanistan with an aim to prevent "terrorists" from profiting. Experts have reportedly voiced fears about unintended consequences of such a measure. The decree, which was implemented on an "emergency" basis and took effect on Friday, includes restrictions on bringing ceramics, paintings, glass, ivory, ancient textiles, tiles and wood pieces, among others into the count...

The United States has restricted the import of cultural and historical items from Afghanistan, hoping to prevent "terrorists" from profiting, the State Department said Tuesday, but experts voiced fe…

The United States has restricted the import of cultural and historical items from Afghanistan, hoping to prevent "terrorists" from profiting, the State Department said Tuesday, but experts voiced fe…

Hundreds of priceless artefacts have been stolen or destroyed following the 2021 Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization is definitely not on the side of the collector. UNESCO is a United Nations agency meant

The Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Photo Nicolas Raymond, via Flickr. The US antiquities trade is going to face far stricter oversight in 2021 than it has in the past. On January 1, the Senate overrode President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, a bill that includes a new law requiring antiquities dealers to comply with the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act. That means dealers will now have to adopt anti-money laundering programs designed to root out ill...