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Friday, June 4
June 4, 2010

Italian authorities are investigating a curator at the Princeton University Museum of Art for allegedly assisting a Princeton alumnus and art dealer by exporting and laundering stolen artifacts. Police in Albania stopped smugglers who were trying to carry ancient artifacts and more recent objects into Macedonia. They also confiscated money, weapons, and cars.  Artifacts seized […]

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Thursday, June 3
June 3, 2010

Members of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery who are looking for Amelia Earhart hope to recover DNA from artifacts they found on the island of Nikumaroro. They think she might have crashed into the sea and died a castaway. An ochre powder production site estimated to be 58,000 years old has been unearthed […]

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