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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

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Illustrative: Sellers attend to customers in a street market in Eminonu commercial district in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
August 15, 2023, 2:23 pm
Israeli man arrested in Turkey for allegedly stealing ancient artifact
Acre resident reportedly says that he bought the item, which he claims is mass-produced, at a local market for $100
By ToI Staff
Interpol headquarters in Lyon, central France, February 2, 2023. (Interpol via AP)
June 17, 2023, 6:51 am
Interpol seeks Lebanese man suspected of trafficking in looted antiquities
Red Notice issued for Georges Lotfi after US authorities charge him with criminal possession of stolen property, possessing illegal artifacts
By BASSEM MROUE
Dr. Haim Neria with the longest 'ilan' scroll in the world at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, June 11, 2023. (Uri Barkat)
June 12, 2023, 4:11 pm
Israel National Library unveils collection of 36 kabbalistic tree-like ‘maps of God’
At collection opening, NLI says it seeks to illuminate new genre of Jewish research through the ancient scrolls, shed light on mystical teachings for scholars and amateurs
By Charlie Summers
A rare bronze medium denomination coin from the reign of Antigonus Mattathias II (40 BCE - 37 BCE), allegedly illegally excavated, after they were recovered from a suspect's home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, June 7, 2023. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 7, 2023, 7:19 pm
Looted rare coin from last Hasmonean king seized in raid on suspected thief
IAA says coins minted under Antigonus Mattathias II rarest from period; dozens of other ancient coins from Roman to Muslim periods recovered in search of East Jerusalem home
By Michael Horovitz
A clay figure, the decorative end of a candle holder dated to the 6th-7th century, discovered south of the central city of Modiin by the Lavi family, February 18, 2023. (Courtesy of the Lavi family)
February 21, 2023, 6:19 pm
Family comes face to face with 1,400-year-old decorative clay figure
Lavi family finds artifact on hike in central Israel; IAA says Byzantine-era item is a candle holder, finding is ‘typical,’ though not all candles had such ornaments
By Michael Horovitz
Shelby White at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center in 2017. (Raanan Kislev, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 7, 2022, 2:10 pm
Looted artifacts worth millions said seized from US collector, a key donor to Israel
23 works held by philanthropist Shelby White noted in search warrants from June 2021, April 2022; some were returned to Italy and Turkey in recent months
By Michael Horovitz
A detail of a large mosaic that dates back to Roman era is seen in the town of Rastan, Syria, October 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
October 12, 2022, 4:16 pm
Syria unveils ancient Roman mosaic deemed most important find since conflict began
Artifact shown in 4th-century building features rare portrayal of ancient Amazon warriors in Roman mythology; armed groups tried to sell piece in 2017
By Albert Aji
The 1,500 year-old golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones, one of the world's most valuable artifacts from the blood-letting rule of Attila the Hun, is seen in a museum in Melitopol, Ukraine, in November 2020. (AP Photo)
October 9, 2022, 11:11 am
Industrial-scale Russian looting destroys Ukraine’s historical sites and artifacts
Priceless crown from bloody rule of Attila the Hun, snatched by Russian troops in February, among thousands of artifacts stolen or destroyed in what Ukraine deems a huge war crime
By HANNA ARHIROVA
This photo provided by US.Customs and Border Protection shows an ancient Egyptian artifact. Federal agents in Memphis have seized the potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe. (US Customs and Border Protection via AP)
August 28, 2022, 2:39 am
US agents seize potentially 3,000-year-old Egyptian artifact shipped from Europe
Customs and Border Protection officials in Memphis intercept Egyptian jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety; jars used to hold mummies’ internal organs
By AP
The Farber family, adhering to Jewish tradition even after the murder of their 4-year-old daughter Yocheved, continued to use this kosher cooking pot as a symbol of resistance, inscribed in Hebrew: 'In this pot kosher food was cooked in the Vilna ghetto for a girl who was taken to be annihilated.' (Museum of Jewish Heritage/ via JTA)
July 10, 2022, 6:05 am
NYC Holocaust museum uses personal objects to tell story of lives lived and lost
New permanent exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, entitled ‘The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do,’ emphasizes individual human stories from before, during and after World War II
By julia GERGELY
Painted coffins with well-preserved mummies inside, dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 500 B.C, are displayed at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 31, 2022, 8:24 pm
Egypt displays newly discovered ancient artifacts from necropolis of Saqqara
Trove includes 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside, as well as 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis
By Agencies
A stele of a Jewish slave, dated circa 300-250 BCE (L), is displayed in the exhibition "Stone Paths - Stories set in Stone: Jewish Inscriptions in Greece," at the Jewish Museum of Greece, in Athens, May 17, 2022. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP)
May 22, 2022, 4:45 pm
New Athens exhibit on Greek Jews reveals community’s ancient roots
Greece’s chief rabbi says artifacts on display at local Jewish museum, including inscription from as early as 4th century, show Jews are ‘an integral part of Greek identity’
By Marina RAFENBERG
Illustrative: Ancient artifacts, smuggled into the US in violation of federal law and shipped to Hobby Lobby stores, are shown at an event returning the artifacts to Iraq, on May 2, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
September 21, 2021, 9:12 pm
US to formally return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq
UNESCO hails return of artifact, which was looted during Islamic State rule and then illegally imported to the US, as ‘a significant victory’
By AFP
Illustrative: In this photo taken on July 16, 2012 documents coming from the Archives of Paris Police Prefecture and showing lists of Jewish people registered during WWII, are presented for an exhibition of French archives on Shoah in Paris. (AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)
July 24, 2021, 12:51 am
Trove of Jewish artifacts stolen during Holocaust now in US custody
Funeral scrolls, manuscripts, other historic records traced to Jewish communities in Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and Slovakia were to be auctioned off in New York City
By AP
Visitors look at an exhibit about the Dead Sea scrolls during a media preview of the new Museum of the Bible, a museum dedicated to the history, narrative and impact of the Bible, in Washington, DC, November 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)
March 13, 2020, 9:40 pm
All 16 Dead Sea scroll fragments at DC museum revealed as fake
Head of Museum of the Bible says ‘we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud,’ after report found the artifacts were forgeries
By Marc Brodsky
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