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What Does It Take to Protect Cultural Property? Some Aspects on the Fight against Illegal Trade of Cultural Goods from the Greek Point of View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2017

Kostas Nikolentzos ,
Katerina Voutsa  and
Christos Koutsothanasis
Kostas Nikolentzos
Affiliation:
Curator of Antiquities, Head of the Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Cypriot and Near Eastern Antiquities of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens; Email: knikolentzos@culture.gr
Katerina Voutsa
Affiliation:
Curator of Antiquities in the Prehistoric Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens; Email: kvoutsa@culture.gr
Christos Koutsothanasis
Affiliation:
MSc, Archaeologist – Museologist of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Secretary General Office; Email: ckoutsothanasis@culture.gr
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Abstract:

An overview of both the theoretical approach and the set of actions taken during the last decade by Greece – a country with a profound historical background and rich cultural heritage – to face the problem of the illicit trade of cultural goods. The article contains not only statistical data on recent cases of thefts, clandestine excavations, confiscations, and repatriations of cultural goods but also information on law enforcement and the effort to establish a network to fight the phenomenon on an international level. Aspects such as conforming to the international law, monitoring auctions of antiquities, raising people’s awareness, and reinforcing the current security status of museums and archeological sites are taken into consideration as successful methods for protecting the cultural heritage.

Keywords

Greeceprotection of cultural heritageillicit trade of cultural goodsrepatriations
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , August 2017 , pp. 351 - 376
Copyright
Copyright © International Cultural Property Society 2017 

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