(stock image) "The economic crisis has led many Greeks to antiquity looting and smuggling, with most of them being first-time offen...

It is clear that the controversial  pastime of metal detecting in the UK, even in cases where finds have been officially reported, has occ...

After seizing antiquities in a raid at Deir ez-Zor in Syria, it seems the US Government handed over ALL the items to Iraq in a well-publi...

You thought 19th-century pomposity was long dead after a hundred years? Think again. It lives on in a certain blog (and it just cracks me ...

Okay, I'll admit that there was a slight element of sarcasm in my previous post about ancient coins looted in Israel. Since, as has b...

"Israel Border Police on Thursday announced that they had arrested seven individuals for allegedly engaging in unauthorized excavatio...

Seizures of antiquities by government agents are a recurring theme in the United States - and sometimes the seizures seem to be carried ou...