Illegal excavations in archaeological heritage sites (namely “looting”) are a global
phenomenon. Satellite images are nowadays massively used by archaeologists to …

Cultural heritage is a testimony of past human activity, and, as such, cultural objects exhibit
great variety in their nature, size, and complexity, from small artefacts and museum items to …

The transnational networks of the illicit and illegal antiquities trade are hard to perceive. We
suggest representing the trade as a knowledge graph with multiple kinds of relationships …

In this article we consider the movement of fossils into art commercial spaces as a process of
artification underpinned by the deep object associations that art spaces foster. We combine …

The illicit trading of cultural goods (ITCG) has increasingly drawn the attention of
international community in the last two decades. The vehement interconnections between …

In this article, we present the idea of a digital transit port, an online space that illicit cultural
objects pass through in digital format while on a pathway to public legitimization. These …

Looting is the major source of artefacts for the antiquities market. Specific measures are
needed to fight the whole chain of the illicit activities undertaken by criminal organizations …

The claim that the illicit trade in antiquities is the third largest, second only to arms and
narcotics, is widely repeated. But where does this claim originate and what is the evidence …

Cultural heritage preservation and protection are increasingly tethered to an international
security agenda constituted across multilateral agencies. UNESCO and other organizations …

The loss of archaeological heritage continues today, because of both natural disasters and
human-made actions. Alarmingly, a significant amount of the destruction is perpetrated by …