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North America: NY authorities seek custody of stolen artifacts worth over $100 million
The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Tuesday made public the largest antiquities seizure in American history and asked a judge to grant it custody of a startling 2,622 artifacts recovered from storage rooms affiliated with an imprisoned Madison Avenue art dealer.The recovered artifacts are from India and other places in sou…
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Heritage: Permafrost thaw threatens Arctic archaeological sites
Climate change is threatening archaeological sites in N.W.T.'s Mackenzie Delta, says University of Toronto professor Max Friesen.Pingos in N.W.T.'s Mackenzie Delta are unmistakeable evidence of permafrost activity in the soil. University of Toronto professor Max Friesen says thawing permafrost due to climate change is endangering …
