Cultural Property News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Nigeria’s MOU Renewal Request: Nigeria Cannot Protect Heritage It Cannot Account For Istanbul News: The Basilica Cistern, the Vakıf and the State The Trump Administration’s Smithsonian Report: A Blueprint for Governmental Censorship Norman Rockwell: From So You Want to See the President! to Murder in Mississippi Cultural Property Exempted from New Section 301 Tariffs Romania’s Request for U.S. Import Restrictions: This Heritage Crisis Begins at Home Taj Mahal Update: Conservation and Preservation at India’s Premier World Heritage Site Shumla’s Hearthstone and Alexandria Projects – The Oldest ‘Books’ in North America Albania’s Request for Renewal of Import Restrictions: Seeking Protection Abroad While Neglecting Heritage at Home The 2026 ARTIST Act: The Long Campaign to Protect Alaska Native Art and Commerce UNESCO’s New Middle Eastern Heritage Sites: Recognition, Danger and Politics Cambodia and “Stone Temple Nationalism” Bulldozing Culture: China’s Systematic Destruction of Uyghur Heritage Reveals Genocidal Intent The Antiquities Trade: A reflection on the past 25 years, Part 1 Pompeii’s Director Breaks Archaeological Traditions Smithsonian Teetering: Trump’s Demand for Possession and the New Politics of “Americanism” Egypt Policies: Finders Keepers to Death Penalty Update: Stonehenge Tunnel Gets Official Green Light EU Regulations Use Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut 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 Neglect of Egypt’s Antiquities Bigger Issue Than Theft Magnificent Mayan Lintel Returned to Wrong Country? A Journey with Ceremonial Objects History-Changing Discoveries in London Construction Site China Update: Trade and Plunder from the Summer Palace to Taiwan Instant Conviction of Japanese Dealer Trade Wars and Tariffs: The Cost of Uncertainty HEAR Act: Congress Rewrites the Rules for Nazi-Looted Art Claims Cultural Heritage Under Fire in the 2026 Iran War Facts on Terrorism and the Art Trade Commentary: Sarah Parcak’s TED Prize – Can International Crowdsourcing Replace Source Country Commitment? Battle over Rights to Richest Shipwrecked Treasure Stolen Goods vs Stolen Souls: Cambridge University Hands Over 116 Benin Bronzes to Oba Asante Restitution: When Objects, Bodies, and Histories Collide Fact Check: Yuanming Yuan – The 1860 Looting of the Summer Palace French Government Reverses Donation to Guimet of Chinese Gold Ornaments At Great Expense, Manhattan DA Returns Fakes to Lebanon The Greece MOU Request: Broad Restrictions, Thin Evidence The 25-Year Bolivian MOU: Restrictions Without Results Egypt Wants a Heritage Embargo, Not Protection Cultural Cookbook 3: Papuan and East Asian Medley France Rewrites the Rules of Return Court Says Statue 600 years in Japan Should Go to to Korean Temple White House Terminates Membership in ICCROM Italy: sovereignty in food – “sovranità alimentare” North Dakota Pipeline Destroys Native Burials