Reactions and comments on two articles that have recently come out, one in the British newspaper, The Telegraph, and the other just today in the New York Times have garnerd a great deal of public opinion. Trolling the comments pages is fascinating because it allows us to guage how the general public feels about these [...]
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Reactions to the Chinese mission to inspect Chinese antiquities in foreign museum collections
Posted in China, cultural heritage, Different Perspectives, looting, Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, News Articles of Interest, Ongoing, Opinions, Uncategorized, tagged America, Britain, Cultural Relics, debate, Europe, looting, Museums, New York Times, Public Opinions, The Telegraph on 18/12/2009 | 1 Comment »
For those of you who read Chinese
Posted in China, Different Perspectives, Opinions, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, tagged conservation, debate, looting, Mausoleum, Preservation, Qinshihuang, Terracotta Warriors, Tomb on 23/06/2009 | 2 Comments »
For anyone who can read Chinese (simplified), or who wants to practice their Chinese, HERE is an interesting article from www.popyard.org, a popular Chinese news website that discusses whether or not the Tomb of Qinshihuang should be excavated. The famous mausoleum of Qinshihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C. – 206 B.C.), [...]
The old "us vs. them" debate… with a twist.
Posted in News Articles of Interest, tagged archaeologists, Christie's, collecting, collectors, debate, provenance, Sotheby's on 29/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a way, collectors will be collectors…and archaeologists will be archaeologists. The link between these two groups of people is tenuous, abstract, inexplicable, and unescapable all at the same time. Why? Because we operate in seemingly unconnected spheres. One that is filled with fine works of art, black tie events, buckets of money, and status, [...]
