Project Sting: the latest tactic in the war on illegal artifact trading is paying off in federal convictions and a flood of information about dealers and their clients

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The National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management have been conducting undercover sting operations to combat the trade in stolen artifacts from the Southwestern US and Mexico. Records left by a dealer who committed suicide provided a number of leads, prompting the undercover investigation. Over 4,000 artifacts have been recovered. Archaeologist Judy Reed is one of the National Park Service employees working on the project, which is now being discontinued.

Management, Investigations, Antiquities, Theft, Undercover operations, Looting, United States. National Park Service

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Rock in the fuselage

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The efforts made by archaeological detective, Karl Heinzel and his team to restore historic aircraft like the Arado jets used by Germany during the Second World War, are discussed.

Facilities & equipment, Services information, Services, History, Remodeling and renovation, Airplanes, Military, Military airplanes, Heinzel, Karl

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A blessed bayonet; battlefield artifact comes home

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A German hobbyist exploring battle sites in his country's Schnee Eifel mountains finds a World War II machine gun and dog tags which he returns to their original owners in the US.

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