relics

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• 5/28/2023
  

  The Modern Relics in Crow's Cabinet of Curiosities

  by Matthew Dennis

  Understanding Harlan Crow's collection, including Nazi memorabilia, as a set of relics (and not trophies or investments) helps to clarify the unease Americans feel about his understanding of power and cultivation of relationships with people of influence over the federal judiciary.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  2-14-14
  

  National Gallery of Australia sues over 'stolen' Indian Shiva statue

  Gallery claims it was ‘fraudulently induced’ by New York based art dealership to buy allegedly stolen 11th century sculpture.

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  11-24-13
  

  Vatican publicly unveils bone fragments said to belong to St. Peter

  Some archaeologists dispute the Vatican's conclusion that the bones belong to St. Peter.

• SOURCE: Reuters
  7-4-13
  

  Beware Civil War relics

  GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (REUTERS) - With 250,000 visitors expected to converge on the Gettysburg battlefields this week, historians and antiquarians say the 150th anniversary of the clash that defined the United States (US) Civil War has prompted an increased interest in Civil War relics - and an apparent uptick in the thefts and faking of conflict memorabilia.While there are no national statistics about thefts of war mementos, museums and law enforcement officers around the nation have reported a range of incidents involving the plundering of Civil War artifacts.The thievery even extended to the current Gettysburg re-enactment, where criminals made off with a trailer containing war items valued at US$10,000 (S$13,000) in Frederick County, Maryland, last month....

• SOURCE: Fox News
  6-12-13
  

  Mayan relics discovered at Salvadoran construction site

  In most countries, construction workers uncover faulty pipes, old mason work and heaps of garbage when excavating a plot of land for a new building.In El Salvador, they find Mayan relics.Working on a housing project in Colón – about 15 miles from the capital of San Salvador – construction workers unearthed Mayan pots, ceramic fragments and other artifacts.Pieces of obsidian and part of a human skeleton, which may also be from the Mayan period, were found on the site after specialists arrived to survey the site. The area around Colón is believed to be one of the riches archeological areas of the Central American country, Julio Alvarado, a technician for El Salvador’s Culture Ministry told Agence France Presse....

• SOURCE: Telegraph (UK)
  1-18-13
  

  'There are no buried Spitfires', archaeologists claim

  After digging for almost two weeks and speaking to the British architect of the extraordinary hunt, David Cundall, the experts have concluded that there is no evidence that as many as 124 Spitfires were buried at the end of World War II, it has been reported.A defiant Mr Cundall insists that the dig is still alive and says that the archaeologists are looking in the wrong place. He also stands by the eye witnesses who testified that the planes had been buried, according to the BBC.A source told Radio 4’s Today programme that the archaeologists at the dig site at Rangoon International Airport do no believe there are any Spitfires buried there or at the other two sites.The company providing financial backing for the dig, wargaming.net, today cancelled a press conference but confirmed that there are no planes, it is reported....