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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 illegal practices. One of those requirements involves identifying and registering the so-called “ulti...