Facebook groups offer ancient treasures from Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones, some of which may have been pillaged by Islamic State militants. Source: NYT > Business – KAREN ZRAICK
A Painting Looted by and Returned to Nazis Finally Goes to Its Jewish Owners
The painting, “View of a Dutch Square,” had been bought by St. Victor’s Cathedral in Xanten without knowing that it had been looted, in 1963. Source: NYT > Business – NINA SIEGAL
Cadbury’s Pitch for Candy ‘Treasures’ Leaves Archaeologists Feeling Sour
A marketing push by the British confectioner equating digging into a box of chocolates with digging up artifacts at heritage sites was described as “shocking, ill-advised & irresponsible.” Source: NYT > Business – TIFFANY HSU