Donna Yates

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I'm an archaeologist, a criminologist, and a non-practicing TV dinosaur lawyer. I study artefact and fossil smuggling, art crime, heritage, and culture from the comfort of the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University. Arty stuff & related curiosities.

#Archaeology #ArtCrime #Criminology #Sociology #CulturalHeritage #HeritageCrime #Heritage #Paleontology #ArtMarket #Dinosaurs #Mesoamerica

Donna has pink glasses, shoulder length red hair, and has her chin on her hand.

Bloghttps://www.anonymousswisscollector.com
Projecthttps://traffickingtransformations.org/
Projecthttps://traffickingculture.org/
Uni Sitehttps://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/p70068983
Donna YatesApr 4, 2025
Two men charged after 'high value piece of art' stolen https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/two-men-arrested-after-high-31345307
Two men charged after 'high value piece of art' stolen

Both men are due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court on Friday

Belfast Live
Donna YatesApr 4, 2025
Roban piezas históricas de iglesia de San Agustín en Quito y la comunidad reacciona https://www.extra.ec/noticia/actualidad/roban-piezas-historicas-iglesia-san-agustin-quito-comunidad-reacciona-124958.html
Roban piezas históricas de iglesia de San Agustín en Quito y la comunidad reacciona

Indignación en Quito: Se llevan piezas patrimoniales de la Iglesia de San Agustín<br>

Extra
Donna YatesApr 4, 2025
Leonardo Patterson, 82, High-Flying Antiquities Dealer Brought Low, Dies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/arts/leonardo-patterson-dead.html
Leonardo Patterson, 82, High-Flying Antiquities Dealer Brought Low, Dies

Born into rural poverty, he climbed to the top of the art market. But he fell after being convicted of selling fake and stolen items.

The New York Times
Donna YatesApr 4, 2025
Cyprus Customs returns stolen ancient coins to Department of Antiquities https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-customs-returns-stolen-ancient-coins-to-department-of-antiquities
Cyprus Customs returns stolen ancient coins to Department of Antiquities

In a significant step toward preserving Cyprus' rich cultural heritage, the Customs Department recently handed over two ancient coins to the Department of Antiquities.

knews.com.cy
Donna YatesApr 3, 2025
New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/sudan-war-national-museum-khartoum-rsf-paramilitaries-looting-ancient-treasures-kush-nubia-pharoahs
New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing

The Guardian
Donna YatesApr 3, 2025
Cambodia reclaims two looted artefacts - Khmer Times https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501661215/cambodia-reclaims-two-looted-artefacts/
Donna YatesApr 3, 2025
‘We are crying’: heritage authorities express sorrow after Sudan National Museum looted and ransacked https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/01/heritage-authorities-express-sorrow-sudan-national-museum-looted-ransacked
‘We are crying’: heritage authorities express sorrow after Sudan National Museum looted and ransacked

The museum, which houses artefacts dating back millennia, has been caught in the crossfire of the civil war raging in the North African country

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Donna YatesApr 3, 2025
Mystery Surrounds Artefacts Allegedly Stolen from Old Goa Excavation Site Amidst Police Investigation into Activists
https://www.heraldgoa.in/goa/goa/artefacts-not-found-cops-probe-old-goa-activists-instead/421024
Mystery Surrounds Artefacts Allegedly Stolen from Old Goa Excavation Site Amidst Police Investigation into Activists

Team HeraldPANJIM: A shroud of mystery hangs over the artefacts that were allegedly carted off from the controversial excavation site in Old Goa, but instead of

Herald Goa
Donna YatesApr 3, 2025
Art Institute Of Chicago Returned A Sculpture To Nepal But Obscured Its Connection To A Wealthy Donor https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/02/the-art-institute-of-chicago-returned-a-sculpture-to-nepal-but-obscured-its-connection-to-a-wealthy-donor/
The Art Institute Of Chicago Returned A Sculpture To Nepal But Obscured Its Connection To A Wealthy Donor

The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen from the Kathmandu Valley. However, the institute’s announcement failed to mention the statue had once belonged to wealthy donor Marilynn Alsdorf.

Block Club Chicago
Donna YatesApr 3, 2025
After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/arts/design/museum-of-natural-history-returns-shrine.html
After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home

Taken from a First Nation community in Canada, the shrine recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

The New York Times