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In recent years, the
devastation caused

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by the theft of art and
trafficking of antiquities

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has gained public attention.

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Confronted with images of
vandals smashing museum pieces

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with sledge hammers in
Iraq, the pockmarked lunar

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landscapes of looted
archaeological sites

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in Syria and Peru, the freshly
decapitated Buddhist sculptures

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in Cambodia, the empty frames
of stolen paintings on museum

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walls, and the
unravelling of communities

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at the loss of living
representations of their gods

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from temples in South
Asia and Latin America.

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We face a difficult question.

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How do we protect our heritage
from theft, illegal sale,

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and destruction?

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My name is Donna Yates.

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And I'm an archaeologist
and art crime researcher

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at the University of Glasgow.

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Doing this free online
course, my colleagues

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on the trafficking
culture project

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and I invite you
to shed some light

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on the black market for looted
artefacts and stolen art.

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Together we'll answer
the big questions.

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Who owns the past?

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Who owns art?

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Who owns culture?

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Using tools from criminology,
art history, archaeology, law,

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anthropology, and more, we
will explore case studies

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in antiquity smuggling and art
crime from around the world.

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Together we can come
up with solutions

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to this global problem.

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