Cultural Property News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Taj Mahal Update: Conservation and Preservation at India’s Premier World Heritage Site Stolen Goods vs Stolen Souls: Cambridge University Hands Over 116 Benin Bronzes to Oba Pompeii’s Director Breaks Archaeological Traditions Egypt Policies: Finders Keepers to Death Penalty Update: Stonehenge Tunnel Gets Official Green Light Bulldozing Culture: China’s Systematic Destruction of Uyghur Heritage Reveals Genocidal Intent The Antiquities Trade: A reflection on the past 25 years, Part 1 Turkish Request Alarms Armenians, Greeks, Turkish Jews, Orthodox and Syriac Christians in Diaspora Committee for Cultural Policy 2018 Year-End Report No Country for Old Achaemenids Pakistan Museum Trashes Ancient Statues EU Regulations Use Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut A Journey with Ceremonial Objects Court Says Statue 600 years in Japan Should Go to to Korean Temple North Dakota Pipeline Destroys Native Burials History-Changing Discoveries in London Construction Site Instant Conviction of Japanese Dealer Commentary: Sarah Parcak’s TED Prize – Can International Crowdsourcing Replace Source Country Commitment? Battle over Rights to Richest Shipwrecked Treasure French Government Reverses Donation to Guimet of Chinese Gold Ornaments At Great Expense, Manhattan DA Returns Fakes to Lebanon Cultural Cookbook 3: Papuan and East Asian Medley Asante Restitution: When Objects, Bodies, and Histories Collide Neglect of Egypt’s Antiquities Bigger Issue Than Theft Magnificent Mayan Lintel Returned to Wrong Country? HEAR Act: Congress Rewrites the Rules for Nazi-Looted Art Claims Cultural Heritage Under Fire in the 2026 Iran War White House Terminates Membership in ICCROM China Update: Trade and Plunder from the Summer Palace to Taiwan Trade Wars and Tariffs: The Cost of Uncertainty Facts on Terrorism and the Art Trade Murals in the Crosshairs: Trump’s Push to “Remake” Washington Could Erase Federal Art in 2026 2025 Year in Review- Repatriation on Demand Continues as Law of the Land The Hazara Genocide Smithsonian Teetering: Trump’s Demand for Possession and the New Politics of “Americanism” Shumla’s Hearthstone and Alexandria Projects – The Oldest ‘Books’ in North America France Rewrites the Rules of Return The Greece MOU Request: Broad Restrictions, Thin Evidence The 25-Year Bolivian MOU: Restrictions Without Results Egypt Wants a Heritage Embargo, Not Protection Italy: sovereignty in food – “sovranità alimentare” Guarding memory in times of war: Ukraine’s journey in prosecuting war crimes against cultural heritage NEA, NEH, PBS and American Museums in Trump’s World. What’s Going On? Lawsuits Holding the Line: Federal Funding for Libraries and Museums Protesters in Red Hats Invade… Benin’s MOWAA Museum Fact Check: Yuanming Yuan – The 1860 Looting of the Summer Palace The Azerbaijan Paradox: UNESCO Cultural Diplomacy in the Caucasus Forced Relocations at Ngorongoro World Heritage Site Tibet: From Pasture to Pit