http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/ Unidroit-L Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:14:08 GMT marco_pertoni@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3500 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3500 Italy: Ancient marble monument found in Rome http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia?id=3.0.3437120414 A 2000-year-old marble monument featuring Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:30:17 GMT Michael Moriarty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3499 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3499 Thank you for this information. This is clearly another small lot of rare coins which should be returned to the ground so that they may be found again by Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:27:07 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3498 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3498 Archaeologists unearth two tonnes of ancient coins in China http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/508309 Archaeologists have unearthed more than two tonnes of Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:23:23 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3497 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3497 Tampa court says Odyssey should return treasure to Spain http://tinyurl.com/r697de (typicallySpanish) A United States judge has ruled that the treasure found Wed, 27 May 2009 07:42:58 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3496 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3496 Swiss Gallery Surrenders EU2 Million in Antiquities to Italy http://tinyurl.com/ofjdxt [Bloomberg] By Adam L. Freeman A Swiss art gallery has surrendered 251 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:42:57 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3495 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3495 The ACCG has launched phase two of a coordinated plan to challenge import restrictions on ancient coins. http://tinyurl.com/pjzmsg As a British Airways Sat, 09 May 2009 12:51:52 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3494 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3494 Antique coin forger jailed http://tinyurl.com/qzp3k4 A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in what is believed to be the first case Wed, 06 May 2009 22:07:58 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3493 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3493 Israeli police bust Palestinians with ancient text http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30605650/ By Matti Friedman Undercover Israeli officers foiled an attempt by two Wed, 06 May 2009 15:04:52 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3492 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3492 Discovery & deception: Spectacular finds, criminal charges http://tinyurl.com/cmffg7 [Billings Gazette] By ED KEMMICK DAY 1: This is the first of a four-part Tue, 05 May 2009 20:54:51 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3491 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3491 Insider theft at museums is a much more significant problem than most people realize, especially in "Third World" countries where there is never enough funding Mon, 04 May 2009 12:16:40 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3490 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3490 Babylon Ruins Reopen in Iraq, to Controversy http://tinyurl.com/cqtwa2 [NY Times] By STEVEN LEE MYERS After decades of dictatorship and disrepair, Iraq is Fri, 01 May 2009 14:07:23 GMT jlueke_2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3489 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3489 UNESCO has failed in many respects. Certainly the efforts to combat the transfer of illicit cultural property have born no fruit based on what everyone is Fri, 01 May 2009 11:52:26 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3488 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3488 Barcelona Archaeological Museum recovers 15,000 stolen artifacts http://www.estrelladigital.es/ED/diario/128968.asp [Spanish] TRANSLATION Inspector Toni Fri, 01 May 2009 00:01:25 GMT Dave Welsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3487 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3487 Is Unesco damaging the world's treasures? http://tinyurl.com/cdjes5 [Independent] By Simon Usborne In 1991, Dubrovnik, a fairytale fortress of Titians, Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:48:53 GMT jlueke_2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3486 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unidroit-L/message/3486 I certainly hope the truth about this matter will come to light shortly. If bureaucrats are willfully circumventing the law based on their own political