Some New Evidence Documenting the Involvement of Da’esh in Syria with the Illicit Trade in Antiquities

Sabrine, Isber; Abdo, Ristam; Brodie, Neil

doi:10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.10.2.0115

Isber Sabrine;

Isber Sabrine

ISBER SABRINE, PhD 2020, University of Girona, is the co-founder and president of the organization Heritage for Peace. Since 2011, he has been an affiliated researcher of the Institución Milá y Fontanals of the Spanish National Research Council and has been involved in projects and research on the protection of cultural heritage during conflict. He has published several articles and book chapters related to the illicit trade of antiquities during conflict, and he is co-editor of the book Kulturraub–Fallbeispiele aus Syrien, Irak, Jemen, Ägypten und Libyen. (Heritage for Peace, Institución Milà y Fontanals de investigación en Humanidades [IMF-CSIC], Barcelona, Spain; esper.1985@yahoo.com)

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Ristam Abdo;

Ristam Abdo

RISTAM ABDO is an archaeologist specialized in cultural heritage protection. Since 2011, he has been working on the protection of cultural heritage in northeast Syria. His work focuses on the documentation of and emergency interventions at archaeological sites. He has published many papers related to heritage protection in northeast Syria. Currently, he is managing several international projects related to heritage protection in northeast Syria. (Organisation of Heritage in North Eastern Syria, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syrian Arab Republic; ristem.ab@gmail.com)

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Neil Brodie

NEIL BRODIE is an archaeologist with a special research interest in the illicit trade in antiquities. He has published more than fifty papers and book chapters devoted to the subject. (Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; njb1012redux@gmail.com)

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Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (2022) 10 (2): 115–136.

https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.10.2.0115

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We present here some new evidence documenting the involvement of Da’esh with the looting and illicit trade of antiquities in northeastern Syria. We have interviewed four people who have first-hand knowledge of its activities and acquired some images of looted objects and Da’esh administrative documents. We examine this new evidence in the context of previously reported accounts of Da’esh involvement with the antiquities trade. We also report looting at some previously unknown archaeological sites, describe extensive looting when northeastern Syria was controlled by the Free Syrian Army, and critically examine the reliability of prices reported inside Syria.

Syria, antiquities, Da’esh, Free Syrian Army, looting, illicit trade

2022

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