by Edgar Tijhuis | 28 Nov 2018
The team of the Carabinieri del Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale (TPC) in Palermo, under the command of Magg. Luigi Mancuso, has proven once again that patience makes perfect when it comes to the recovery of stolen art. While the squad has not yet recovered...
by Edgar Tijhuis | 20 Nov 2018
PURCHASED ACQ NUMBER DESCRIPTION 29 February 1992 292.AA.10 Statue of Zeus Enthroned On October 27, 2018 a first century BCE, marble statue of Zeus, seated on his throne, finally moved to its permanent home, the...
by Edgar Tijhuis | 30 Oct 2018
In March 2015, the Iraqi government formally announced that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL had purposefully destroyed much of the Northwest Palace of King Ashurnasirpal II as part of their iconoclastic program of obliterating preislamic cultural...
by Edgar Tijhuis | 29 Oct 2018
In a ceremony held at the San Pietro Apostolo in Cavenago d’Adda, Italy, parishioners celebrate the return of the 17th century painting “San Carlo Borromeo in Contemplation” by early Baroque artist Daniele Crespi. Stolen twenty-six years ago, on...
