Ethics and antiquities

Turkey is conducting a concerted campaign to reclaim antiquities that have found their way into European and American museums over the centuries.

CLICK HERE TO READ A RECENT ARTICLE FROM THE ECONOMIST looking at the ethics and the politics behind this "culture war"

The acquisition of African antiquities

In this article from Project Sydicate, Juliet Torome, a writer and documentary film maker, looks at the dubious provenance of many of the African cultural and historical artifacts that have been removed from their original sites or owners and  found their way into museums or the hands of private collectors

More on the acquisition of "cultural assets" by museums

Report from Bloomberg news on the ceding of a collection of antiquities to Leipzig University's Egyptian Museum by the Jewish Claims Conference.
The sale of the artifacts by Egyptologist Georg Steindorff to the Museum in 1937 had been ruled earlier this year as being made under duress. Steindorff, who was of Jewish descent, escaped from Germany in 1939.