The UN Security Council approved a Russian resolution purporting to help cut into ISIS' funding by clamping down on sales of Syrian antiquities. Instead this will buttress Putin's friend, Assad and result in the repatriation of undocumented objects that have been out of the country for years back to the exact same murderous regime that bombed the old city of Aleppo into oblivion, that has struck early Islamic sites and whose military is involved in looting in places like Apamea and Palmyra (Cultural Property Observer, 'Preservation or Repatriation?' Thursday, February 12, 2015). Will the archaeological lobby again use the tragedy to resurrect self-serving legislation that will enrich itself? Or, will they follow the example of their Syrian, Dutch and U. Penn colleagues and seek to address the problem at the source?
Friday, February 13, 2015
Syria, is this Preservation or Repatriation?
The UN Security Council approved a Russian resolution purporting to help cut into ISIS' funding by clamping down on sales of Syrian antiquities. Instead this will buttress Putin's friend, Assad and result in the repatriation of undocumented objects that have been out of the country for years back to the exact same murderous regime that bombed the old city of Aleppo into oblivion, that has struck early Islamic sites and whose military is involved in looting in places like Apamea and Palmyra (Cultural Property Observer, 'Preservation or Repatriation?' Thursday, February 12, 2015). Will the archaeological lobby again use the tragedy to resurrect self-serving legislation that will enrich itself? Or, will they follow the example of their Syrian, Dutch and U. Penn colleagues and seek to address the problem at the source?
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