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Barry Landau Pleads Guilty to Theft of Historical Documents - Barry Landau yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges related to stealing historical documents from several institutions along the east coast. In December 2011, Landau’s attorney filed a motion to suppress evidence of ... - 2012/02/08 Egyptian Red List Now Available From ICOM - Th Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk is now available. You may view it here . Published by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the Red List illustrates various types of cultural objects that are vulnerabl... - 2012/02/07 Motion to Dismiss Filed in Kortlander Case - US Court of Federal Claims Issues Show Cause Order for Party's Failure to Appear - Little Bighorn River. Courtesy NPS. Federal lawyers recently filed a motion to dismiss Christopher Kortlander's multimillion dollar claim against the government, while Kortlander's attorney reportedly failed to appear for a January 26 co... - 2012/02/05 State Department Grants Seizure Immunity to Mexican Artifacts - The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs last week granted immunity from judicial seizure to artifacts on loan from Mexico. The pieces will be part of a 2012 exhibition called "Children of the Plumed Serpent: The... - 2012/02/04 Court Orders Odyssey Marine to Return Black Swan Treasure to Spain - A Spanish galleon. The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Odyssey Marine’s motion to stay a decision ordering the commercial salvor to return coins and objects to Spain. The so-called treasures of the "Black Swan" (th... - 2012/02/03 International Conference Call for Papers: Coinage, Minting, and Monetary Circulation in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages - I have been asked to publicize this call for papers for a numismatic conference at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. The conference will be held April 26-27, 2012. The Department of History, the History Doctoral Program and the Department of Clas... - 2012/01/31
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