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  2. Operation Antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The FBI began to pay attention to this criminal group in 2002, launching a federal investigation program code-named "Operation Antiquity", [6] arranging for a National Park Service agent to pretend to be a private collector to collect money from two art dealers has repeatedly purchased ancient artifacts looted from Thailand and donated them to several California art museums.

  3. Antiques Roadshow (American TV program) - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, a jury awarded a descendant of Confederate Army General George Pickett a US$800,000 (equivalent to $1.5 million in 2023) judgment against military artifacts dealer Russ Pritchard III, who appeared on Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser, for fraudulently undervaluing Pickett memorabilia, purchasing the items, and then reselling them at a ...

  4. Antiquities trade - Wikipedia

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    The antiquities trade is the exchange of antiquities and archaeological artifacts from around the world. This trade may be illicit or completely legal. The legal antiquities trade abides by national regulations, allowing for extraction of artifacts for scientific study whilst maintaining archaeological and anthropological context.

  5. Grandmother finds rare ancient artifact — but doesn’t tell ...

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    A woman in Poland found a unique stone in a field and kept it. Over 50 years later, archaeologists got their first look at the stone — and identified it as a rare ancient artifact.

  6. A Newly Discovered Ancient Artifact Comes With a Threat ... - AOL

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    24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... A Newly Discovered Ancient Artifact Comes With a Threat: 'Whoever Breaks This Will Die' Tim Newcomb. ... The seal was found in the Büklükale ruins ...

  7. Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal - Wikipedia

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    The artifacts were largely cuneiform tablets, clay bullae, and cylinder seals, with some likely originating from the ancient city of Irisaĝrig on the Tigris. [5] Many of the artifacts lacked any supporting evidence of their history or ownership, raising the possibility that the artifacts had been possibly looted or sold on the black market. [ 6 ]

  8. Melting ice reveals dozens of 7,000-year-old artifacts in ...

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    Archaeologists surveyed melting ice patches in Canada and uncovered dozens of ancient artifacts spanning 7,000 years. Photos show the “unique” — and perishable — finds.

  9. Phoenix Ancient Art - Wikipedia

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    Phoenix Ancient Art, located in Geneva and New York City, is a second-generation antiquities dealer specializing in Greek and Roman ancient art. [1] Its works of art have been purchased by arts and antiquities private collectors as well as museums such as New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre Museum in Paris.