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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="https://looted.blubrry.com" target="_blank">Looted</a><br /><span class="rss-item">On Looted: The Podcast, we uncover the hidden stories of ancient artifacts and their journeys in the illicit antiquities trade. I’m Zoë Kontes, and I’m an archaeologist. When we archaeologists dig, we carefully record what we find so we can make the best sense of the evidence. But go to any museum, auction house, or dealer with an antiquities collection and you’ll be sure to find objects that have been removed from the ground without this kind of proper excavation. Looting destroys the context of artifacts, and while they may look beautiful in a display case, we lose any information about their significance or function in the culture that made them. This is a loss of our common human history, and it affects us all. Check out http://www.lootedpodcast.org for all episodes and more information!</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://looted.blubrry.com/2022/05/25/episode-6-search-and-recovery/" target="_blank">Episode 6: Search and Recovery</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 25 May 2022 15:34:24 +0000</span><br />');
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document.write('  In this episode archaeologist Dimitri Nakassis talks about two kinds of archaeological work in southern Greece—a pedestrian survey of the countryside, and a salvage excavation of a Mycenaean cemetery. What happens when farmers plow up archaeological material? What can archaeologists learn from tombs that have been looted? What are some ways in which local people can be better connected to their heritage and thereby better protect it? We address these and other topics, including the usefulness...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://looted.blubrry.com/2021/02/01/episode-5-return-to-sender/" target="_blank">Episode 5: Return to Sender</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:20:16 +0000</span><br />');
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document.write('On the program today we tackle the big question of repatriation and the decades-long debates involving some famous antiquities returned to Italy from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the Euphronios Krater (pictured) and the Morgantina Silver. More to see, read, and hear: On the krater: Brodie, Neil. “Euphronios (Sarpedon) Krater.” Trafficking Culture, September 6, 2012. https://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/euphronios-sarpedon-krater/ Edgers, Geoff and Sofia Celeste. “Case in I...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://looted.blubrry.com/2018/03/02/episode-4-field-notes-village-pillage/" target="_blank">Episode 4: Village Pillage (“Field Notes”)</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:00:58 +0000</span><br />');
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document.write('Archaeologist Dr. Spencer Pope shares his thoughts on looting in Sicily, particularly at the site of Palikè, a 2400 year old town not far from Catania on Sicily’s east coast, in the fertile plains of the island’s active volcano, Mt Etna. The site has a mystical nature, considered sacred since antiquity due to the bubbling lakes near which it is situated. Looters use metal detectors at the site to find ancient coins, and in the process destroy important scientific evidence for understanding the m...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://looted.blubrry.com/2017/11/28/episode-3-big-bronzes/" target="_blank">Episode 3: Big Bronzes</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:00:59 +0000</span><br />');
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document.write('Cleveland Museum of Art There’s nothing like a full-bodied ancient Greek bronze nude to get the crowds to a museum. A visitor might even fall in love (speaking from personal experience—Riace Bronzes, here’s looking at you). We’ll focus on two of these very rare figures, found in US museums, but currently the subject of great debates of identification and international ownership. More to see, read, and hear: On the Getty Youth: http://articles.latimes.com/print/2006/may/11/local/me-bronze11 http:...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://looted.blubrry.com/2017/11/14/episode-2-figure-drawing/" target="_blank">Episode 2: Figure Drawing</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:00:53 +0000</span><br />');
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document.write('Cincinnati Museum of Art Marble figurines made ca. 5000 years ago in the Cycladic Islands of the Aegean became all the rage for collectors, and a great influence in Modernist Art. Easily looted and almost as easily faked, these objects have a unique role in the modern world. The question is, what was their role in the ancient world? More to see, read and hear: Gill, D. W. J., and C. Chippindale. “Material and intellectual consequences of esteem for Cycladic figures.” American Journal of Archaeol...');
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