Dutch court ruling on Scythian Gold collection will not be left unanswered

The ruling by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands to hand over the Scythian gold collection from Crimean museums to Ukraine will entail a due response from Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

Turkish occupation mercenaries continue to excavate, steal antiquities in Afrin, Aleppo countryside – Syrian Arab News Agency

The terrorist mercenaries of Turkish occupation continued their systematized criminal acts against the Syrian heritage, as they intensified excavation process for antiquities under immediate supervision by Turkish intelligence in the archaeological Tel Dodari in the occupied Afrin area, north of Aleppo.

Turkish occupation mercenaries excavate antiquities in Afrin region to smuggle them to Turkey – Syrian Arab News Agency

SANA- Turkish occupation mercenaries continued their organized criminal practices against the Syrian heritage, as they started new excavations for antiquities under direct Turkish intelligence supervision in the occupied Afrin area in Aleppo northern countryside, as part of the plots of the Turkish occupier to empty the area of its cultural identity after displacing its original inhabitants.

World community must put end to oil trade with terrorists : Lavrov

The international community must put an end to trade with terrorists in oil, precious metals and historical artefacts, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the 16th international conference of heads of secret and security services and law enforcement agencies in Krasnodar on Wednesday. The text of his statement was published on the Foreign Ministry’s website.

ISIS terrorists commit new massacre in Palmyra, claiming the lives of 12 civilians

ISIS terrorist organization committed a massacre against the residents of Palmyra city in Homs Province, claiming the lives of 12 people.

L'armée syrienne est entrée dans la ville antique de Palmyre, aux mains de l'EI

L'armée syrienne, appuyée par l'aviation russe, est entrée jeudi dans la ville antique de Palmyre contrôlée depuis près d'un an par le groupe extrémiste Etat islamique (EI), rapporte l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'Homme (OSDH) et une source militaire.

UNESCO delivers 7 tons of materials for preserving Syrian monuments

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) offered seven tons of materials used for preserving and repairing antiquities to employees in the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums.

Syria urges international community to work to stop looting Syrian cultural heritage

Director General of Antiquities and Museums Dr. Maamoun Abdul Karim called on the international community to help in the efforts to stop looting the Syrian cultural heritage by terrorist organizations and implement the UN Security Council Resolution 2199 on halting the funding obtained by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations.

Britain holds emergency talks on 'unprecedented' floods

Britain's government held emergency talks Sunday as what it called "unprecedented" flooding in northern England forced hundreds of people to leave their homes, including in the historic tourist destination of York.

ISIS destroys mausoleums in Syria’s Palmyra

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) destroyed two ancient Muslim mausoleums in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, the country's antiquities director said Tuesday, according to Agence France-Presse.

Egypt to host conference to combat destruction of antiquities by "terrorists"

Egypt will host for the first time a two-day international conference aiming to unify efforts to combat the destruction of antiquities by terrorist groups, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry read.

The conference is scheduled to take place on May 13 and 14.

Les Etats-Unis vont rendre des milliers de pièces d'antiquité volées à l'Irak

Les Etats-Unis vont rendre à l'Irak près de 10 000 antiquités, dont certaines avaient été dérobées au Musée national irakien à la chute du régime de Saddam Hussein en 2003, a indiqué, vendredi 26 juillet, une source officielle.

L'accord, qui vient d'être conclu, prévoit le retour des différents objets d'ici un an après que l'université de Cornell, dans l'Etat de New York, les aura recensés et que ces informations auront été transmises à une banque de données informatique, selon Bahaa Al-Mayahi, conseiller auprès du ministère de la culture.

"Certains détails restent à régler, mais l'accord pourrait être signé à tout moment, après quoi le transfert de milliers d'objets pourra commencer", a-t-il déclaré. "Nous avons convenu de ne pas aborder la question de savoir comment ces objets sont arrivés aux Etats-Unis", a-t-il ajouté.

Serbia, Bulgaria Museums Reject FYROM' s Plea For Copies

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Serbian and Bulgarian museums holding archeological treasures found on FYROM's soil have turned down a FYROM's request for them to hand over copies....

Archeologist Pasko Kuzman, head of the FYROM's Cultural Heritage Bureau, says that national museums in Belgrade and in Sofia had “turned us down politely”.
FYROM hoped to be able to display copies of four golden burial masks, a big bronze bowl and an ancient war helmet, all dating from the 5th and 6th century B.C. in its new archeological museum, set to open this year in the centre of Skopje.