Only 10percentt of these stolen cultural artifacts are recovered by authorities, Rosinta Hutauruk, the spokesperson for UNESCO's Indonesia office, told VICE.
Only ten percent of these stolen cultural artifacts are recovered by authorities, Rosinta Hutauruk, the spokesperson for UNESCO's Indonesia office, told VICE.
The artifact had slipped past authorities through a book dealer and found its way to the auction block.
The additional documents made public this week include a search warrant for the Malter Galleries in Encino, which the authorities say auctioned artifacts, including many from Central America.
One man's private memento becomes another's opportunity to sell something on eBay, notwithstanding that German and American authorities insist that artifacts like the Linz album are cultural property that shouldn't be sold.
And a scholar who aided in the investigation argues that the modest dollar value of the objects — mostly artifacts from Southeast Asia that the authorities say were probably looted — is vastly eclipsed by the damage that looters wreak at archaeological sites, adding urgency to the inquiry.
The site is beyond the State of Georgia and the federal government's authority over cultural artifacts.
Mr. Henry was himself a collector of colonial artifacts and considered quite an authority on American antiques and colonial life, according to the exhibition catalog.
The previous minister of antiquities, Zahi Hawass, was hounded by protesters in part because of allegations that he exploited his position for personal profit, making deals with private companies that capitalized on his authority over Egyptian artifacts.
In another article for the journal, John Hellstrom of the University of Melbourne in Australia, an authority on dating prehistoric artifacts, praised the research.
