And while he says he made his fortune selling paintings, his love is clearly of antiquities.
Chimney Rock is the third National Monument designated by President Obama using the Antiquities Act.
More than 40 important ancient rings will be featured in its antiquities sale on October 25.
Dr Kevin Leahy, from the Portable Antiquities Scheme, has catalogued all the new pieces.
Officials from the National Bureau of Medicines, the Directorate-General of Antiquities and provincial governors' offices followed.
Many of the excavations are funded by companies or individuals who found antiquities on their building sites.
Now on loan to the Louvre, its present home (Room D, Near Eastern Antiquities) is generally a place of serenity.
Helped by a more sympathetic governor and antiquities director, archaeologists are getting priority access to some sites.
There are examples galore of scandal in the antiquities trade, all of which makes reform advisable, indeed essential.
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Richard Henry, finds liaison officer for the county's Portable Antiquities Scheme, said the discovery was of national significance.
This is the longest the Israel Antiquities Authority has ever let the Commandments be displayed to the public.
Christie's catalog for its Oct. 29 antiquities auction in London typically listed many items with no provenance at all.
As a result there are many black market dealers in antiquities in Cairo.
He tells us that the hottest segment of the market is Chinese antiquities.
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It is estimated that about 15, 000 artefacts and antiquities were stolen in the chaos that accompanied Saddam Hussein's ousting.
The experts on Iraqi antiquities, who met at the headquarters for the U.N.
It has also claimed stolen antiquities that have been seized by police in Frankfurt, Florence, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Scotland.
"It's always satisfying to crack a previously uncracked house, " Savage says, referring to those yet unexplored by antiquities hunters.
Karma Samdrup, 42, was found guilty of grave-robbing and dealing in looted antiquities.
The dealer said that as long as his face was not shown, video footage of the antiquities could be taken.
Italian police recently exposed a smuggling ring in the Adriatic port of Bari, charging 16 people with selling illicit antiquities.
Antiquities Minister Muhammad Ibrahim reopened the Pyramid of Chefren (Khafre) and six ancient tombs at Giza after a long restoration project.
Second, we can strengthen legislation against the illegal antiquities trade, which tends to drive much of the looting in war zones.
One difficulty for the Getty is that many of the antiquities in dispute are among its most treasured and most visible.
Unfortunately, I received an expensive education about the destruction and looting of historically significant artifacts and the illicit international trade in antiquities.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2006 raided his home as part of an antiquities theft probe, but Fenn was never charged.
The English-Leach bill would effectively ban the importation of antiquities from Iraq.
Buying antiquities from auction houses offers some help--with the emphasis on some.
Ziad al-Saad, head of Jordan's antiquities department, has said this could be the biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947.
The worry is that the greater the number of antiquities in dispute, the harder it may be for a deal to stick.
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