Stop Press

A compilation of media articles on heritage topics. Obviously, these all reflect the viewpoints of the authors.

28 August

• Iraq Museum Damaged Again
  SafeCorner, United States
  Lamia al-Gailani Wehr: SBAH and the Iraq Museum were victims to the bombing of the Foreign Ministry last week.

19 August

• Google bruises Gallic pride as national library does deal with search giant
  The Times, United Kingdom
  Charles Bremner: A four-year fight to keep the contents of the country’s national library in French hands ended in defeat yesterday as it was announced that Google would take control of the archive.

18 August

• Interpol establishes online access to int'l stolen art database
  CCTV.com, China
  Online access to international database of stolen art works has been established, fighting against the illicit traffic of stolen art work and cultural property, global police agency Interpol said on its website on Monday.

• La BNF se laisse séduire par Google
  Le Figaro, France
  Farouchement opposée au projet de numérisation de livres mené par le groupe américain, la Bibliothèque nationale de France pourrait revoir sa position, pour des questions de coûts.

17 August

• INTERPOL Launches Site Featuring Stolen Artwork
  Webpro News, United Stataes
  Mike Sachoff: International police organization INTERPOL announced today it has launched a website featuring a database of global stolen artwork.

11 August

• Woman throws cup at the Mona Lisa
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  The Mona Lisa has come under attack from a Russian woman who hurled a cup at the world-famous portrait.

• Limpian petroglifos en Las Labradas
  Noroeste.com, Mexico
  Personal del INAH trabaja en el retiro de restos de pintura de los petroglifos de la zona arqueológica en San Ignacio.

10 August

• Italiani signori dell'archeologia
  Il Tempo, Italy
  Antonio Angeli: Dalla Turchia all'Oman l'eccellenza tricolore nel mondo raccontata da Fazzuoli su Raiuno.

7 August

• Clean-up reveals true Rembrandt
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  A portrait thought to have been painted by a pupil of Rembrandt has been proven to have been created by the master himself after a restoration.

• Archaeologists find Roman emperor Vespasian’s villa
  ThaiIndian News
  Italian archaeologists have found the summer villa of Roman Emperor Vespasian in the Sabine hill country northeast of Rome.

• México acepta recomendaciones ONU sobre ruinas
  Univision, Mexico
  México anunció el viernes que acepta las recomendaciones de un comité de Naciones Unidas que criticó un fallido plan para instalar luces en las pirámides de Teotihuacán en las afueras de Ciudad de México, pero aclaró que no abandona la idea de iluminar las ruinas para volverlas accesibles al turismo en visitas nocturnas.

1 August

• Archaeologists discover five Roman shipwrecks untouched since they sank nearly 2,000 years ago
  Daily Mail, United Kingdom
  A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a 'graveyard' of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene.
  

updated on: 11 September, 2009