Looted

Iraqi Looted and Stolen Artifacts - The significant Statue of Entemena was recovered in 2006 but there are still many pieces missing.

June 2009 2009

Now we've uncovered its roots in our new book, "Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum."

The Getty: A Hunt For Looted Art At The World's Richest Museum (PHOTOS) 2011

Looted, pillaged, raped and according to accounts were responsible for the devestation of the region.

zornhau: Past Lives: Ronald Welch's "Knight Crusader" zornhau 2010

Looted, pillaged, raped and according to accounts were responsible for the devestation of the region.

zornhau: Past Lives: Ronald Welch's "Knight Crusader" zornhau 2010

Now we've uncovered its roots in our new book, "Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum."

The Getty: A Hunt For Looted Art At The World's Richest Museum (PHOTOS) 2011

Malcolm Bell's review of our book, " Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum " Books, July 2, concurs with our central finding—American museums fueled the destruction of knowledge by acquiring looted antiquities and using what Mr. Bell calls a "fabric of lies" to obscure their complicity in an illicit trade.

Ms. True Starred in Her Own Decline 2011

Now we've uncovered its roots in our new book, "Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum."

The Getty: A Hunt For Looted Art At The World's Richest Museum (PHOTOS) 2011

Looted by the Bolsheviks from Mr. Morozov, according to the complaint, it was then turned over to the Matthiesen Gallery in Berlin in an effort to conceal it from authorities, who might have otherwise flagged the stolen artwork.

That C Chris Herring 2010

Ahnenerbe expeditions and materials found at Wewelsburg: “Looted Cultural Materials at the SS School Haus Wewelsburg,” undated CIC report, at NA and Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, MFAA report; “Cultural Looting of the Ahnenerbe,” March 1, 1948, at NA.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

Ahnenerbe expeditions and materials found at Wewelsburg: “Looted Cultural Materials at the SS School Haus Wewelsburg,” undated CIC report, at NA and Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, MFAA report; “Cultural Looting of the Ahnenerbe,” March 1, 1948, at NA.

HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010