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Welcome to savingantiquities.org The SAFE online resource that highlights issues related to the vulnerability of our shared cultural heritage to looting and the illicit antiquities trade. In the newsClick here for additional news stories and access to our archives. Please forward news items of interest here. Feature storiesRemarkable objects, multiple histories![]() Franca DiValerio gives examples of the pillaging of Native American cultural patrimony and provides an in-depth analysis of the legislation that is protecting it. Looted memorial statues returned to Kenyan family![]() Monica Udvardy and Linda Giles discuss the importance of vigango figures and the international trade in them, and recount how one coincidence helped them to return a stolen pair to their original owners in 2007. Cultural property law theory and United States v. Schultz![]() Macalaster College student and SAFE essay contest winner Nora Crumpton reviews the case of antiquities dealer Frederick Schultz. |
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SAFE initiates Flickr project to document Haiti's cultural heritage National Museum of Crime & Punishment to feature SAFE map ![]() New Mexico State Parks use SAFE poster to raise awareness ![]() SAFE moves to the Big Apple! Our new address is: SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone Inc., P.O. Box 231172, Ansonia Station, New York, NY, 10023-0020 USA SAFE's Facebook membership tops 1,300! Latest feature story: Remarkable objects, multiple histories by Franca Di Valerio |
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